The Anchorite
1869, printed c. 1870
Artist, Spanish, 1838 - 1874

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint [proof before first edition of 1875] with selective wiping on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 37.9 × 50.7 cm (14 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
sheet: 41.9 × 54.4 cm (16 1/2 × 21 7/16 in.) -
Accession
2021.17.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Vives i Piqué 1994, no. 16, State vi/vii(?)
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, Venice; (Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2021 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. 16, vi/vii(?)
Inscriptions
lower left in graphtie: -ANACHORĒTE; lower right in graphite: no. 16
Watermarks
fragment