On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P02605
- Author
- Fortuny Marsal, Mariano (Spanish)
- Title
- Fantasy on Faust
- Chronology
- 1866
- Technique
- Óleo
- Support
- Lienzo
- Measures
- 40 cm x 69 cm
- School
- Española
- Theme
- Género y sociedad
- On display
- Yes
- Procedence
- Legado Ramón de Errazu, aceptado por R. O. de 13-12-1904; Colección Ramón de Errazu, París (adquirida por Ramón de Errazu en París, en 1875); anteriormente en propiedad del artista Juan Bautista Pujol, desde julio de 1866.
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)
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This painting entered the Prado Museum as part of the legacy of Ramón Errazu.
