The Solemnity of Shadows: Juan Laurent’s Vision of Spain



















J. Lacoste, Emperor Charles V at Mühlberg by Titian, albumen silver print from gelatin dry plate negative, 1900–1915









Cibeles Fountain, Madrid, c. 1875, collodion glass negative by the Soule (later Gramstorff) Art Publishing Company, Boston, 1880s

Cibeles Fountain, Madrid, c. 1875, uncropped positive view of collodion negative (28), modern inkjet print from digital scan

Panorama of Toledo from the Virgen del Valle, c. 1872, album foldout printed from six
collodion glass negatives






Anonymous photographer, Partial panoramic view, Toledo, 1950s or 1960s, postcard published by Heliotipia Artística Española, Madrid (Irwin Hurwitz Rare Postcard Collection)



















Palace of El Escorial, Promenade in Andalusia, 1860–1886, tapestry designed by Francisco Goya

Museo Nacional del Prado, Vision of Saint Francis in the Porciúncula Chapel, 1860–1886, painting by Bartolomé Murillo

Monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Banner taken by Alphonse VIII at the Battle of las Navas in 1212, 1860–1886

Museo Nacional del Prado, Onyx cup with a gold mermaid, c. 1879, from the Treasure of the Dauphin

Museo Nacional del Prado, Rock crystal jar with little boys and a serpent handle, c. 1879, from the Treasure of the Dauphin

Museo Nacional del Prado, Rock crystal ewer with a bird-head spout, c. 1879, from the Treasure of the Dauphin

