LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

59.06 in. (150.00 cm.) (height) by 29.53 in. (75.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Fortuny lower right

Literature:

Ricardo de Madrazo, Recuerdos de mi vida, unpublished (prior to 1874), dossier A, p. 3, mentioned; Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, New York, 1887, no. 16; Joaquín Ciervo, El arte y el vivir de Fortuny, Barcelona, 1921, no. 78, illustrated; Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, Fortuny 1838-1874, Bologna, 1933, no. 29.; Carlos González and Montserrat Martí, Mariano Fortuny Marsal: Maestros del arte de los siglos XIX y XX, Barcelona, 1989, vol. II, p. 47, no. OR-0.01.73, illustrated; Fortuny, MNAC, exh. cat., Barcelona, 2004, p. 46, a detail illustrated; p. 55, discussed & illustrated

Provenance:

McLean, London, 1874; Mariano de Murrieta, London (acquired from the above. Murrieta, Marquess of Santurce, a banker of Spanish origin living in London, assembled a large and diverse collection of pictures and works of art which he housed in a purpose built gallery. His collection included paintings by Zamacois, Léon y Escosura, Tusquets, Tapiró and Mas y Fondevila, but the painter that he supported most was Fortuny. The sale of Murietta's collection in 1892 included nineteen works by the artist). ;