Principal Doorway of the Carthusian Monastery, Burgos
1853
Medium
Albumen silver print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 33.9 x 28.4cm (13 3/8 x 11 3/16in.) Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.) Frame: 81.3 x 66 cm (32 x 26 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.65
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step through time with Charles Clifford's *Principal Doorway of the Carian Monastery, Burgos*1853), an exquisite albumen silver print capturing the grandeur of this Spanish Gothic architectural gem. Clifford, a pioneering British photographer in Madrid, documented Spain's rich heritage during the 1850s, using his lens to immortalize monasteries, cathedrals, and royal sites. Here, the imposing doorway of the Cartuja de Miraflores in Burgos—adorned with intricate stone sculptures and flanked by figures—evokes the spiritual austerity of the Carthusian order, founded in the 11th century for contem...