Lot 198: MANUEL GARCÍA Y RODRÍGUEZ

MANUEL GARCÍA Y RODRÍGUEZ SPANISH 1863-1925 JARDÍN DEL REAL ALCÁZAR DE SEVILLA (REAL ALCÁZAR GARDEN, SEVILLE) signed Garcia y Rodriguez and dated 1919 lower right 100 by 123.5cm., 39¼ by 48½in.

The gate depicted in the present work was part of the Palace of the Dukes of Arcos in Marchena. When the palace was acquired by the Spanish Crown at the beginning of the 20υth Century, the gate was relocated to the Garden at the Royal Alcázar in Seville circa 1913, by request of the Marquiss de la Vega Inclán.