Mosquée de Cordoue and La Giralda et l'Alcazar de Séville
Medium
Color lithographs
Dimensions
Overall: 22 1/4 x 16 3/4 x 1 5/16 in. (56.5 x 42.5 x 3.4 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1944, transferred from the Library
Accession Number
1991.1073.20
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where we showcase *Mosquée de Cordoue and Giralda et l'Alcazar de Séville a stunning 1837 volume of color lithographs (22¼ × 16¾ × 1⅜ in.). Created by pioneering traveler and artist Joseph-Philibert Gir de Prangey, lithographic contributions from talents like Adolphe Jeaniste Bayot, Léon-Auguste Asselineau and others, this book captures the majestic Islamic architecture of Spain's Andalusia. Girault de Prangey's on-site sketches of the iconic Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba—originally built in the 8th century—and Seville's...
About the Artist
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey|Adolphe Jean Baptiste Bayot|Léon-Auguste Asselineau|Louis-Phillipe Auguste Bichebois|Frédéric Villeneuve|Alexandre-Jules Monthelier|Veith et Hauser|Marie-Alexandre Adophe|Benard et Frey|Fromentin & Cie. · 1804–1892
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804–1892), born in Langres, France, as the sole surviving child of Claude Joseph Girault and Barbe Philiberte Rosine Piétrequin, inherited the lordships of Genevrières and Prangey, adopting his full surname in 1825. After studies at Langres college and in Paris, where he earned baccalauréats in letters (1826) and law (1828), he pursued artistic training under ...