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Señora Agrasot Sewing,
1874
Mariano Fortuny, Spanish, 1838–1874
x1972-38
This intimate drawing depicts Emma Agrasot, the wife of Fortuny’s friend and fellow artist Joaquín Agrasot. The Fortuny and Agrasot families first met in Rome, and during the summer of 1874 they shared the Villa Arata, near Naples. There, Fortuny frequently depicted Emma engaged in such domestic tasks as sewing or embroidery.
Information
Title
Señora Agrasot Sewing
Dates
1874
Maker
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
16.7 × 11 cm (6 9/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stuart P. Feld, Class of 1957, and Mrs. Feld
Object Number
x1972-38
Inscription
in brown ink, lower left, different ink: Croquis que hiso Mariano Fortuny | en Portici -ano 1874. | "La Sra de Agrasot que está bordano"
in ink, lower right: a Dn Matías Errázuriz | dedica este dibujo original | de Mariano Fortuny | Su amigo | Ricardo de Madrazo [underlined] | Madrid [2 de De] 1907
in graphite, on verso along left edge (partially erased): Bfor 24-28 (…) [Vive reads the date as “Madrid 28 (…) 1907”]
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld, Class of 1957, New York
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"Acquisitions 1972", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 32, no. 1 (1973): p. 20-30.
, p. 30 - Carlos González López and Montserrat Martí Ayxelà, Mariano Fortuny Marsal, (Barcelona: Diccionari Ràfols, 1989)., Vol. 2: p. 138 (illus.), RT-1.30.74
- Rosa Vives i Piqué and María Luisa Cuenca García, Mariano Fortuny Marsal, Mariano Fortuny Madrazo: grabados y dibujos, (Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, Biblioteca Nacional, 1994). , p. 276, note 155
- Lisa A. Banner, Spanish Drawings in the Princeton University Art Museum, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2012)., p. 10, cat. no. 3; p. 11 (illus.)
