Maréchal ferrant au Maroc [Shoeing a Mule in Morocco]

1875

Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Associated Names
Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Artist, Spanish, 1838 - 1874

This is a drawing of a rural scene with a donkey and chickens. The illustration shows a donkey in the left foreground and a collection of small birds or chickens on the right. The environment is informal and slightly amorphous, with loose, sketchy lines depicting texture and shadow. The setting is dimly lit, evoking a sense of calmness and simplicity typical of countryside life.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.4 × 26 cm (8 1/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 24.2 × 32.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.163.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Vives i Piqué 1994. no. 22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Vives, Rosa, and M. Luisa Cuenca. Mariano Fortuny Marsal; Mariano Fortuny Madrazo: Grabados y dibujos. Exh. cat., Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid: 1994: no. 22.

Inscriptions

lower right below image: Fortuny

Wikidata ID

Q77112891

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