The Anchorite

1869, printed c. 1870

Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Associated Names
Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Artist, Spanish, 1838 - 1874

The image shows a landscape with a high horizon line emphasizing the sky filled with swirling clouds depicted through expressive brushstrokes. The color palette is monochromatic with various shades of grey creating contrast. In the foreground, there is a figure sitting with a pot-like object nearby, blending into the earth tones. A gnarled tree stands behind the figure. In the distance, a stretch of land leads to the horizon.

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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 Number

    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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