Panoramic view of the Alcázar of Madrid from the south and west sides. The upper part shows four angels holding a phylactery with the inscription “the palace of Madrid”. The lower part shows a small retinue consisting of a carriage drawn by four horses and accompanied by various men on foot and on horseback. At the bottom of the engraving, written in Spanish and French, we read: ‘the palace of Madrid on the side of the fields’, thus alluding to the country house. The appearance of the Alcázar is that given to it by the architect Juan Gómez de Mora in the 17th century
Collection: Images
Project: 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity.
Chronology: XVII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Link: http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000186449
Resource type: Image
Format: Etching finished with burin and dry point (131 x 246 mm)
Source: Biblioteca Nacional de España
Language: Spanish
Date: 1665-68
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: ER/5824
Copyright: Biblioteca Nacional de España
Abstract: Engraving of the view of the Alcázar of Madrid from the Casa de Campo
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