African Chief
1870 · Oil on canvas
41 × 32.9 cm (16 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.); Framed: 68.6 × 61 × 8.9 cm (27 × 24 × 3 1/2 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Mariano Fortuny Marsal
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7
Works in Collection
42
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6
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- Birth yearWikidata· 92%
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- BiographyWikipedia· 88%
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Mariano Fortuny y Marsal was a Spanish painter known for works focusing on Romantic fascination with Orientalist themes, historicist genre painting, and military painting of Spanish imperial expansion.
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7 published of 24 catalogued · 7 with image
- Art Institute Chicago7 published7 img
- + 1 more source · 17 catalogued, not yet published
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