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MARIANO FORTUNY Y CARBÓ A Moorish Man Standing in an Archway.
Etching and aquatint, circa 1866. 167x126 mm; 6 5/8x 5 inches, full margins. Printed by Delâtre, Paris. Published by Goupil, Paris.
An acclaimed Spanish watercolorist and painter, Fortuny (1838-1874) was an artistic prodigy raised by his grandfather in Barcelona. Most of his etchings--Orientalist scenes such as this work--date from the late 1860s/early 1870s when he made several trips to Paris. This work, similar in style and composition to etchings from Whistler's "French Set," was pulled by the renowned Parisian printer Auguste Delâtre who also worked with Whistler around this time.
