Plan of the Palaces of Charles the Fifth, and of the Moorish Kings in the Alhambra of Granada
Date:
1775 to 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 11 1/16 × 16 3/8 inches (28.1 × 41.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower left: "Two Pieces of Mosaic in the Alhambra of Granada."; inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "References. | 1. Ancient Moorish Palace | 2. Torre de Comares | 3..Additions by Charles ye 5th | 4. Court of the Cond"; inscribed in pen and black ink, upper center: "5. Part inhabited by the Govenor | 6. Court of the Lion | 7. Hall of the Abencerrajes | 8. Hall of the Pictures"; inscribed in pen and black ink, lower upper right: "9. Hall of the Two Sisters | 10. Garden of Lindaraxa | 11. Palace built by the [empr] Chrles V | 12. Court of the Cisterns | 13. Wall Continued to the Prisons | 14. Sultan's dressing Room"; inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: "Scale of Castillian Feet | Plan of the Palaces of Charles y 5th & of the Moorish Kings | in the Alhambra of Granada."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection