A partly naked man on the ground, right arm outstretched
ca. 1860–70
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 3/16 × 19 1/16 in. (36 × 48.4 cm) Plate: 4 5/16 × 6 11/16 in. (11 × 17 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of M. Knoedler & Co
Accession Number
19.18.26
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the mid-19th century, artist Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (1838–1874) captured human vulnerability with striking intensity in this etching, titled *A Partly Naked Man on the Ground, Right Outstretched* (ca. 1860–70). Fortuny, renowned for his luminous Orientalist paintings and intricate genre scenes, excelled in printmaking, using etching to explore dramatic narratives with exquisite detail. This intimate plate (4 5/16 × 6 11/16 in.) reveals his mastery of line and texture on a larger sheet, gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by M. Knoedler & Co. The image depicts a suffering male figure...
About the Artist
Mariano Fortuny, 1838–1874 (Spanish) · 1838 –1874
Spanish, 1838–1874