On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P02605
- Author
- Fortuny Marsal, Mariano (Spanish)
- Title
- Fantasy on Faust
- Chronology
- 1866
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 40 cm x 69 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- LEGADO
- Procedence
- Legacy of Ramón de Errazu, 1904
The musician, Juan Bautista Pujol
(1835-1898), sits at the piano
playing Gran fantasía de Fausto,
his work inspired by the opera of
Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), as is
indicated in the inscription at the
lower left corner.
The composition is divided into two
parts: the dream, which represents
the musical passage in which Martha
is courted by Mephistopheles and
Faust is accompanied by Marguerite;
and reality, in which Pujol plays
the piano in the company of the
painters, Agapito Francés
(1840-1869) and Lorenzo Casanova
(1845-1900)
.
This painting entered the Prado
Museum as part of the legacy of
Ramón Errazu.
Location on the map
