PHOTOGRAPHS
Laurent, Juan
France (1816 - 1892)
Catedral de Toledo. 579, Puerta de bronze llamada de los Leones (Toledo Cathedral - Bronze Knocker of Door of the Lions)
c. 1870s - 1880s
Albumen print
13 1/4 x 10 1/16 in. (33.7 x 25.6 cm) image and sheet size; 17 x 12 in. (43.2 x 30.5 cm) mount board size
Joseph and Elaine Monsen Photography Collection
FA 2007.54.1

The south door of the Toledo Cathedral is known as the Door of the Lions. Although the cathedral itself was built in the thirteenth century, the Door of the Lions was designed in the fourteenth century by a sculptor known only as Juan the German.

-- Label copy for Juan Laurent, Photographer of Spain, July 7 to September 23, 2007.