Rafael CONTRERAS (1824/26-1890). Surrounding of. Model of a facade of the Alhambra of Granada in carved and chiseled stucco, painted and gilded. Inscribed "Granada 1871" on the lower left and "Alhambra" on the lower right. Spain, Granada, second half of the 19th century. Height : 36 cm. Height : 36 cm. Width : 28 cm. In its original painted and gilded carved wood frame with orientalist decoration stamped P.MAZAROZ.R. Two small damages to the stucco. Biography: Don Rafael Contreras was the director of the restorations of the Alhambra in Granada from 1847. These rich architectural reductions were acquired by the wealthy tourists who visited the place in the second half of the 19th century.

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