Who created "An Arabic man seated on the ground, head partly covered"?

An Arabic man seated on the ground, head partly covered was created by Mariano Fortuny, 1838–1874 in 1860–62.

What medium is "An Arabic man seated on the ground, head partly covered"?

An Arabic man seated on the ground, head partly covered is Etching.

Is "An Arabic man seated on the ground, head partly covered" in the public domain?

Yes, An Arabic man seated on the ground, head partly covered is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

An Arabic man seated on the ground, head partly covered

Q: When was "An Arabic man seated on the ground, head partly covered" created?

This artwork was created 1860–62.

Mariano Fortuny, 1838–1874

1860–62

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 18 7/8 × 13 3/4 in. (48 × 35 cm) Plate: 5 1/2 × 4 1/16 in. (14 × 10.3 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of M. Knoedler & Co

Accession Number

19.18.6

Tags

Men

Art Historical Context

Mariano Fortuny’s etching *An Arabic Man Seated on the Ground, Head Partly Covered* captures a quiet moment of repose from the artist’s travels in North Africa. Created between 1860 and 1862, during Fortuny’s formative visit to Morocco, the print reflects the Spanish painter’s deep fascination with everyday life in the region. Though best known for his luminous oil paintings, Fortuny turned to etching to record the textures of clothing, posture, and light he encountered there, producing intimate studies that later informed his larger canvases. Executed on a small copper plate measuring just o...

About the Artist

Mariano Fortuny, 1838–1874 (Spanish) · 1838 –1874

Spanish, 1838–1874

An Arabic man seated on the ground, head partly covered

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