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Source Description
This cosmopolitan Catalan painter visited Paris and London and worked at Portici near Naples during the last year of his life. His late works reflect an interest in light, a distinctive use of color, and an awareness of current international trends, including the influence of Japanese art on the West. This astonishing image may reflect the influence of Francisco Goya (1746-1828), a Spanish artist whom Fortuny revered. This fluidly painted and sharply caricatural depiction of a portly cleric is also in keeping with Goya's biting satirical eye and spontaneous late manner. In around 1867-68, Fortuny made a copy of Goya's portrait of Pedro Mocarte, which has a similar composition and feel to this work.
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Document identity
localId
37641
label
An Ecclesiastic
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
37641
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
An Ecclesiastic
description
This cosmopolitan Catalan painter visited Paris and London and worked at Portici near Naples during the last year of his life. His late works reflect an interest in light, a distinctive use of color, and an awareness of current international trends, including the influence of Japanese art on the West. This astonishing image may reflect the influence of Francisco Goya (1746-1828), a Spanish artist whom Fortuny revered. This fluidly painted and sharply caricatural depiction of a portly cleric is also in keeping with Goya's biting satirical eye and spontaneous late manner. In around 1867-68, Fortuny made a copy of Goya's portrait of Pedro Mocarte, which has a similar composition and feel to this work.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1878-1884 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca.1874
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
panel paintings
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3
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3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
19
height
13
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 1/2 x W: 5 1/8 in. (19 x 13 cm); Framed H: 15 7/16 × W: 13 1/8 × D: 3 15/16 in. (39.2 × 33.4 × 10 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Fortuny; [Date] 74 (?)
med
oil on panel
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7076
collection_ids
EAN
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2113
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170
721
3300
3607
3673
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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photo
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no
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