PHOTOGRAPHS
Laurent, Juan
France (1816 - 1892)
Madrid-39-Iglesia de las Calatravas (Church of the Calatravas)
c. 1870s
Albumen print
13 1/2 x 9 15/16 in. (34.3 x 25.2 cm) image size;17 x 12 in. (43.2 x 30.5 cm) sheet size
Monsen Study Collection of Photography, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen
FA 85.99

The Church of the Calatravas, located on the main roadway Calle de Alcalá, was built in the seventeenth century in the baroque style. It was remodeled in the nineteenth century by Juan Madrozo, who added neo-renaissance elements to the original building.

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