The Anchorite

Provenance

Private collection, Venice; (Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2021 by NGA.

The Anchorite

Fortuny Marsal, Mariano

1869, printed c. 1870

Accession Number

2021.17.1

Medium

etching and aquatint [proof before first edition of 1875] with selective wiping on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 37.9 × 50.7 cm (14 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.) | sheet: 41.9 × 54.4 cm (16 1/2 × 21 7/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund