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1515·Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, on blue (slightly faded) laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper·28.1 × 27.3 cm (11 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1515
Medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, on blue (slightly faded) laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 28.1 × 27.3 cm (11 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Pedro Machuca

Artist

Pedro Machuca

Painting

Pedro Machuca is mainly remembered as the Spanish architect responsible for the design of the Palace of Charles V adjacent to the Alcazar in Granada. The significance of this work is that it represents likely the first major classic Renaissance style building in Spain. Culturally, it represents the urge by the conquering Christians to challenge the hegemony of Moorish architecture in the recently (1492) acquired province of Granada.

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