Dead Kabyle (Kabyle mort)

1867

Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Associated Names
Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Artist, Spanish, 1838 - 1874

This is a drawing of a figure lying motionless under a draped sheet with a candle nearby. The scene appears somber, depicting a lifeless form covered with a cloth, illuminated by a candle. Shadows and cross-hatching techniques are used extensively, creating a dramatic atmosphere. The minimalist background emphasizes the focus on the central subject and the candle.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on buff laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Jimmy and Jessica Younger, Houston

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.6 × 41.1 cm (8 1/2 × 16 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 41.7 × 55.8 cm (16 7/16 × 21 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.116.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Vives i Piqué 1994, no. 2, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.

Bibliography

1994

  • Vives, Rosa, and M. Luisa Cuenca. Mariano Fortuny Marsal; Mariano Fortuny Madrazo: Grabados y dibujos. Exh. cat., Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid: 1994: no. 2, iv/iv

Inscriptions

across lower edge of plate: KABYLE MORT; lower right in brown ink: Fortuny; upper right in plate: no. 2

Wikidata ID

Q77005736

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