A Moroccan Woman in Traditional Dress

1866

Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Associated Names
Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Artist, Spanish, 1838 - 1874

This painting shows a person standing in profile, facing the left. They have long, dark hair that almost entirely obscures their face. They have pale skin and they are wearing an ornate, colorful garment in shades of orange, red, cream, and gray, which has a long skirt that trails behind them. They also have a decorative headpiece on their head, similar to a small cream-colored bonnet. The person holds a round mirror or fan in their left hand and stands next to a wooden couch with a patterned back in shades of yellow, red, blue, and gray, with red cushions. The background is a textured blue-gray wall.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fortuny Family, Venice; (Hill-Stone, Inc., New York); NGA purchase in 2013.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

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

Inscriptions

lower left in brown ink: M Fortuny 1866

Wikidata ID

Q64595129

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