The Escorial, Spain
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “The Escorial, Spain” now? Collection: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Not on view at present. Checked October 7, 2026.
Los Angeles, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Believing that a country should be visited during its most "characteristic" season, the French writer Théophile Gautier visited Spain during the heat of summer in 1840, eventually publishing his account of the experience as *Un Voyage en Espagne* in 1845. He carried with him daguerreotype equipment and may have made this image himself. Constructed between 1563 and 1584 by the Spanish King Phillip II, the Escorial was an enormous palace twenty-five miles outside of Madrid. The softly modulated light that dominates the image makes this massive building appear to float in the sky.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 84.XT.265.24
In the catalog
Sources
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Image: J. Paul Getty Museum — Open Content
![[Gardens of El Alcázar, Seville, Spain], Théophile Gautier, 1840](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/6bd397cf-8a2c-4152-a383-a95cb52324e5/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
![[Court of the Lions, The Alhambra], Théophile Gautier, 1840](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/cb1f0832-ddb4-4c76-9efe-7b7201777314/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
![[View of Seville, Spain], Théophile Gautier, 1840](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/476665ca-d8f1-48c6-a8df-f5ed8623ab4d/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
![[Ayuntamiento de Sevilla] / [The Town Hall, Seville, Spain], Théophile Gautier, 1840](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/9daa8ecc-78cf-4ce8-be48-5cfc2cdba731/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
