Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Ricardo Balaca
(1844 - 1880)
 
Ricardo Balaca y Orejas-Canseco  was a Spanish painter and illustrator who specialized in battle scenes. His brother, Eduardo, was also a well-known painter.
Ricardo Balaca and José Luis Pellicer provided illustrations for a deluxe edition of "Don Quijote de la Mancha" published by Montaner y Simón in 1930. This two-volume folio edition is renowned for its high-quality paper, superior printing, and the inclusion of 44 full-page chromolithographs by Balaca and Pellicer, along with 252 woodcut headers and tailpieces by master engravers such as J. Gómez, Smeeton, Tilly, Sadurní, and Martí. Notably, Balaca passed away before completing all the illustrations, with only half finished at the time of his death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Balaca


Don Quixote Cap05
Before 1880
Chromo lithographic illustration
Published 1930 by Montaner y Simón 

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