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Mariano Fortuny

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1908-14-1
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Mariano Fortuny y Marsal was a Spanish painter known for works focusing on Romantic fascination with Orientalist themes, historicist genre painting, and military painting of Spanish imperial expansion.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (21)

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Evening coat

1928 · Silk, metallic pigment

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Peplos"

1928 · silk, glass

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Caftan

1925 · silk

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Evening coat

1923 · Silk, metallic pigment

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Textile length

1910 · Printed silk velvet

H. 179, W. 20-3/4 in. (454.7 x 52.7 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Evening dress

1900 · silk, glass

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Lucrezia" Textile sample

1900 · Cotton

L. 12, W. 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beggars by a Door

1870 · oil on panel

Unframed: 22.9 x 18.3 cm (9 x 7 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

African Chief

1870 · Oil on canvas

41 × 32.9 cm (16 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.); Framed: 68.6 × 61 × 8.9 cm (27 × 24 × 3 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Guard of the Casbah at Tétouan

1868 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cavalier

1866 · Oil on panel

13.7 × 10.2 cm (5 3/8 × 4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Arab Watching over the Body of His Friend

1866 · etching and aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Pipes of Pan

1865 · Watercolor with traces of pen and black ink; border in graphite

Sheet: 37 x 27.3 cm (14 9/16 x 10 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Victory

1858 · Etching on paper

25.8 × 16 cm (10 3/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Beggar

1858 · Etching on paper

25.2 × 17.6 cm (9 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Costume of the Time of Goya

1858 · Etching on paper

23.5 × 15.5 cm (9 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Arab Watching the Body of His Friend

1858 · Etching on paper

21.5 × 41 cm (8 1/2 × 16 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Velasquez

1858 · Etching on paper

18.4 × 13 cm (7 1/4 × 5 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man Searching for Fleas

1857 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Beggar

1857 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Two Cardinals

1855 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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21 published of 21 catalogued · 14 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Met
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7 entries · 1 sources

Man Searching for Fleas
1857 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Arab Watching over the Body of His Friend
1866 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Beggar
1857 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Beggars by a Door
1870 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Two Cardinals
1855 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Pipes of Pan
1865 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Guard of the Casbah at Tétouan
1868 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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