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Fortuny y Marsal was born in Spain but spent much of his adult life in Rome. His travels throughout Europe and North Africa influenced his work, which combined a rigorous study of composition with realism in detail, intensity of color, and thick brushstrokes to convey texture and shading. During a two-year stay in Granada, Fortuny painted this rustic scene; a preparatory drawing identifies the site as the Casa de Cocheros. Washed in sunlight and set against a vibrant Andalusian sky, the scene reveals the painter’s interest in the natural world.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.192
People
Mariano (José Bernardo) Fortuny y Marsal, Spanish (Reus, Spain 1838 - 1874 Rome)
Title
A Patio in Granada
Other Titles
Former Title: Courtyard at Alhambra
Alternate Title: Farmhouse Courtyard at Alhambra / Basse-cour à l'Alhambra / Lower Court at Alhambra / A Farmhouse at Alhambra / Farmhouse: Courtyard at Alhambra
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1873
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230412

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
111.4 x 88.6 cm (43 7/8 x 34 7/8 in.)
framed: 127 x 104 cm (50 x 40 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: l.l.: Fortuny [in a circle; stamp from Fortuny estate]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mariano (José Bernardo) Fortuny y Marsal, sold [through his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 26, 1875, lot 55]; to William Hood Stewart, New York, sold [through his sale, American Art Association, New York, February 3-4, 1898, lot 68]; to Samuel Untermyer, sold [through Parke-Bernet, New York, May 10-11, 1940, lot 14]; [via Martin Birnbaum] to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.192
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Atelier de Fortuny, Oeuvre Posthume, auct. cat., Hôtel Drouot (Paris, April 26, 1875), lot no. 55
  • "Stewart Collection is Here", The New York Times (June 23 1897), p. 6
  • "Art Treasures at Auction", New York Herald Tribune (February 4 1898)
  • Modern Masterpieces, auct. cat., American Art Association (New York, February 3, 1898), lot no. 68
  • Important Paintings, Early Works by Cranach, Previtali, De Credi, Rubens, Van Dyck, auct. cat., Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (New York, May 10, 1940), p. 10, lot 14, repr.
  • William R. Johnston, "W. H. Stewart, the American Patron of Mariano Fortuny", Gazette des Beaux-Arts (March 1971), pps. 183-188, repr. in b/w fig. 4, p. 186
  • Marià Fortuny, Fortuny, 1838-1874, exh. cat., Fundació la Caixa (1989), repr. as fig. 2 on p. 106
  • Carlos Gonzalez Lopez and Montserrat Marti Ayxela, Mariano Fortuny Marsal, Diccionari Rafols (Barcelona, Spain, 1989), tomo I, repr. no. 187, p. 336
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 77, color plate; pp. 107, 374, repr. b/w cat. no. 831
  • Luis Quesada, Pintores españoles y extranjeros en Andalucia, Guadalquivir Ediciones (Seville, Spain, 1996), p. 173, fig. 234, color repro.
  • Fortuny 1838-1874, exh. cat., Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain, 2003), pp. 56, 409, 415, 552, 553; repr. in b/w p. 51, 417

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 07/14/2017

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