Door knocker, Casa Calvet, Barcelona
Iron knocker on the main front door, shaped like a louse representing evil and sin, at Casa Calvet, a Modernist building designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1898-1900, commissioned by the widow of Pere Martir Calvet, on Carrer de Casp in Eixample, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On the front facade are sculpted heads of martyrs and a pulley device for winching furniture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13541874
Media ID
45389600
Size
4725px x 7087px
(12.4MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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