Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Architecture, Room 128

Panel

1850-1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Granada (made)

This is a panel of painted stucco in the style of the fourteenth century, but apparently modern. It is in the style of the ornament of a spandrel of the doorway at the entrance to the from the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra.


Object details

Categories
Architecture
Islam
Object type
Panel
Materials and techniques
Moulded plaster copy made 1850-1900
Brief description
Panel of painted stucco from the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra. ca. 1850-1900.
Physical description
Fragment from a spandrel in the Court of the Lions. Made up of a geometric pattern including leaf, semi spiral and wave like shapes. Parts of the moulded plaster are painted in pale blue and a dusty pink/red colour.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31cm
  • Width: 23cm
  • Depth: 4cm
Style
Nasrid
Gallery label
The V&A has many fragments of plasterwork certainly or probably from the Alhambra. They were presumably removed during the extensive restorations of the building after about 1850 and sold locally. There was also a market in copies (or fakes) as this fragment demonstrates. The piece was thought to be genuine until it was found to be coloured with lead chromate, a paint first used in the early 19th century. (V&A Architecture Gallery Objects database)
Credit line
Given by Sir Henry Howorth, through Art Fund
Production
in the style of work of 1350-1390
Summary
This is a panel of painted stucco in the style of the fourteenth century, but apparently modern. It is in the style of the ornament of a spandrel of the doorway at the entrance to the from the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra.
Bibliographic references
  • López Borges, V. H., Burgio, L. and Clark, R. J. H. Documentación y autentificación de yeserías nazaríes a través del tratamiento de conservación y el análisis científico. II Congreso Del Grupo Español International Institute for Conservation Investigación en Conservación y Restauración, 9,10 y 11 de Noviembre de 2005. Barcelona, 2005. p.109-117.
  • Trusted, Majorie. ed. The Making of Sculpture: the Materials and Techniques of European Sculpture. London: V&A Publications, 2007. p. 155. pl. 299.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.10-1913

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Record createdNovember 16, 2005
Record URL
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