Roma Caves, Granada

c. 1871

Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Associated Names
Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Artist, Spanish, 1838 - 1874

This painting depicts a white stone structure with a brown and gray roof surrounded by greenery and foliage. The walls and roof of the building are textured with the outlines of small stones, and the wall of the building directly across from us has a dark doorway at its center. Two people are visible on either side of this doorway. On the left, a person with light brown skin and short black hair stands with their hands on their hips. They wear a blue shirt and cream-colored pants, with a large tan necklace or garland around their neck. On the right, another person sits against the wall, wearing a bright yellow garment with pink and blue sleeves. They also appear to have light brown skin and black hair put up into two small bunches. Greenery hangs above the roof of the building, and the ground is depicted in dusty earth tones. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and visible, and details, especially those in the people, are suggested with daubs of paint.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist [1838-1874]; William H. Stewart [1820-1897], New York; (his estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 3-4 February 1898, 2nd day, no. 80); William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest April 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2016 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Fortuny and His Circle, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 30 March - 15 May 1970, no. 10.

2003

  • Fortuny (1838-1874), Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, 17 October 2003 - 18 January 2004, no. 91, repro., as Cova de gitanos.

2005

  • Prelude to Spanish Modernism: Fortuny to Picasso, Albuquerque Museum; Meadows Museum, Dallas, 21 August 2005 - 26 February 2006, no. 5, repro.

Bibliography

1911

  • Mireur, Hippolyte. Dictionnaire des ventes d’art faites en France et et à l’étranger pendant les XVIIIme & XIXme siècles. 7 vols. Paris, 1911: 3:188.

1925

  • Carroll, Dana H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Part I. Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 160, no. 137.

1942

  • Ciervo, J. El arte y el vivir de Fortuny. Barcelona, 1942: fig. 73.

1989

  • González López, Carlos, Montse Martí, and Juan Ainaud de Lasarte. Mariano Fortuny Marsal. 2 vols. (Maestros del Arte de los siglos XIX y XX). Barcelona, 1989: 1:312-313, fig. 159; 2:90.

1990

  • Trenton, Patricia and William H. Gerdts, eds. California Light, 1900-1930. Exh. cat. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach; Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 1990-1991: 27, pl. 22.

Inscriptions

lower left: Fortuny

Wikidata ID

Q46629859

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