Mariano Fortuny (Mariano Jose Fortuny y Carbo)

A Gentleman of Gouda

Mariano Fortuny gained a large, international reputation for his Orientalist scenes and costume pieces. In the latter category his costume depictions were often set in the eighteenth century. This original etching was published by Appleton & Company, New York in 1867. "A Gentleman of Gouda" is a superb example of the etched art created by the Spanish artist, Mariano Jose Fortuny y Carbo.

Original Etching by the Spanish artist, Mariano Fortuny.

A Gentleman of Gouda

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Title:	A Gentleman of Gouda
Artist:	Fortuny y Carbo, Mariano Jose (Reus, Spain, 1838 - Rome, 1874)
Date:	1867
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	Appleton & Company, New York
	Mariano Fortuny: One of the most influential painters and watercolorists of the nineteenth century, Mariano Fortuny 'Mariano Jose Fortuny y Carbo' was also an accomplished etcher. Born in Spain he was orphaned at a young age and raised by his grandfather. Fortuny's first formal art studies took place in Barcelona in the studio of the sculptor, Talarn Ribot. In 1858 he studied art in Rome and completed his education in Paris, under Gerome (1866). After that date Fortuny travelled and worked in such countries as England, Spain and Morocco, but called Italy his home. Today the art of Mariano Fortuny is included in such major collections as the Hermitage, the Prado, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Size:	9 X 7 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $285.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon early 19th century wove paper and with full margins as published in New York by Appleton & Company. Signed and dated by the artist in the plate to the lower right. A finely printed impression with full plate tone and in good condition throughout. Altogether "A Gentleman of Gouda" represents a fine, original example of the influential art of Mariano Fortuny.
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