The Anchorite

1869, printed c. 1870

Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Artist, Spanish, 1838 - 1874

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint [proof before first edition of 1875] with selective wiping on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • 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

  • 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


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