A street in Seville with figures
ca. 1860–70
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 13/16 in. (24.5 × 32.5 cm) Plate: 2 1/4 × 3 15/16 in. (5.7 × 10 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Junius S. Morgan, 1923
Accession Number
23.106.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
Mariano Fortuny (1838–1874), a masterful Spanish artist celebrated for his luminous genre scenes and intricate details, captures the vibrant everyday life of Seville in this, *A Street in Seville with Figures* (ca. 1860–70). Fortuny, often associated with Romanticism and emerging Realism, drew inspiration from his travels across Spain and North Africa,using his works with a sense of exotic warmth and human vitality. Here, the narrow street teems with figures—likely locals in traditional attire—evoking the bustling atmosphere of 19th-century Andalusia, a region rich in cultural crossroads betwe...
About the Artist
Mariano Fortuny, 1838–1874 (Spanish) · 1838 –1874
Spanish, 1838–1874