The Choice of a Model

Provenance

Reserved March 1869 in the artist's studio by William Hood Stewart [1820-1897], Philadelphia and Paris; (his estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 3-4 February 1898, 2nd day, no. 114); William Andrews Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest April 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] _Fortuny (1838-1874)_, Exh. cat., Museu Nacional dArt de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2003: no. 111, 300-304, 531.

The Choice of a Model

Fortuny Marsal, Mariano

1868-1874

Accession Number

2015.143.12

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 53.34 × 82.55 cm (21 × 32 1/2 in.) | framed: 86.36 × 116.84 × 13.97 cm (34 × 46 × 5 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)