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Alexandre de Riquer - Book-Plate of Alfons XIII

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Alexandre de Riquer - Book-Plate of Alfons XIII
Artist: Alexandre de Riquer - Title: Book-Plate of Alfons XIII - Medium: Fine Art Giclee on Canvas - Image Size: Approximately 32 inches x 21.5 inches - Unframed on Unstretched Canvas - Alexandre de Riquer i Ynglada, 7th Count of Casa Dávalos (Catalan pronunciation: [?l?k'sand?? ð? ri'ke]) (Born 3 May 1856 - 13 November 1920), was a versatile artist intellectual and Catalan designer, illustrator, painter, engraver, writer and poet. He was one of the leading figures of Modernisme in Catalonia. He belonged to an aristocratic family, the Counts of Casa Dávalos. His father, Martí de Riquer, Marquis of Benavent, was a senior leader of the Carlist of Catalonia, while his mother, Elisea Ynglada, belonged to a family of intellectuals and artists (including writers such as Joseph and Wifred Coroleu and painter Ricard Modest Urgell).