Watercolor with gouache and some gum over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 3/4 inches (24.8 × 34.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1368
Gallery Label:
Cordova (Córdoba), once the capital of Moorish Spain, was revered as a New Athens for its opulence and learning, attracting Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scholars who worked alongside one another in an atmosphere of religious toleration. The city’s famous mosque, begun in A.D. 776, expanded gradually over the next two hundred years until it stood as one of the largest mosques in the world. When the Reconquista expelled the Arabs from Cordova in 1236, the mosque was converted into a Christian cathedral, although it forever remained known as the “Mezquita,” the mosque. David Roberts made many sketches of its marble interior during his tour of Spain in 1832–33. Gallery label for Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
