La Victoire (Victory)

1865

Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Associated Names
Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Artist, Spanish, 1838 - 1874

The image shows a full-body sketch of a nude male figure standing with a relaxed posture. He is leaning against a surface with his right arm braced on a platform. The man's head is tilted slightly upward and to the side, featuring curly hair. His facial features appear strong with classical sculpted features. He is holding a small statuette or sculpture in his left hand. The background consists of textured and crosshatched shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.3 × 22.3 cm (12 5/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
    plate: 25.5 × 16.2 cm (10 1/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.46.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Vives i Piqué 1994, no. 3, State iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Enrico Cortona, Milano); purchased by NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892: no. 3, only

1994

  • Vives, Rosa, and M. Luisa Cuenca. Mariano Fortuny Marsal; Mariano Fortuny Madrazo: Grabados y dibujos. Exh. cat., Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid: 1994: no. 3, iii/iv.

Inscriptions

by later hand, verso upper left, in graphite: 2.40.I / Rinaldi

Wikidata ID

Q76561912

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