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In the second half of the 19th century, the Alhambra appeared as a privileged setting for Orientalist painters. Some even established their studios inside the palace, like the French Henri Regnault, using the Alhambra and its elaborate decoration as a suggestive scenario for his imaginary depiction of the Orient. The Catalan painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal – also a collector of Islamic art and one of the propagators for the international taste of the Moorish revival – made the palace protagonist of several of his works. His 1871 painting
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