Sea with Vesuvius in the Background

1874. Watercolour on white paper.
Not on display

In the summer of 1874, Fortuny found the Tyrrhenian sea to be a constant stimulus for painting outdoors. The cobalt-blue of the expanse of water is the predominant feature of this seascape, depicted from off the coast of Sorrento or Capri. Visible in the background is the bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius and, at its foot, hinted at by a tiny reserve space, the buildings of the coastal towns, among them the region’s capital and Portici.

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Inventory number: D006220
Author: Mariano Fortuny
Title: Sea with Vesuvius in the Background
Date: 1874
Technique: Watercolour
Support: White paper
Dimension: Height: 350 mm; Width: 253 mm
Provenance: Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, Rome, 1874; Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, Venice, 1946; donated by Henriette Nigrin, widow of the latter, to the Museo de Arte Moderno, 1951
Entry date: 1971

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Páez, Elena, Exposición Fortuny. Grabados y dibujos de Mariano Fortuny Marsal y Mariano Fortuny Madrazo, legados a la Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, 1951, pp. n. D.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Fortuny: pinturas, dibujos y grabados, Museo Nacional del Prado,, Madrid, 1998, pp. 310-11, n. 116.

Doñate Font, Mercé, Fortuny (1838-1874), MNAC, Barcelona, 2003, pp. 310-311 n.116.

Gutiérrez Márquez, Ana, Cecilia de Madrazo: Luz y memoria de Mariano Fortuny., Museo Nacional del Prado. Fundación María Cristina Masaveu, Madrid, 2017, pp. 134.

Gutiérrez Márquez, Ana, 'Mariano Fortuny y Marsal. Mar, al fondo el Vesubio', En: Fortuny (1838-1874), Museo Nacional del Prado,, Madrid, 2017, pp. 339-340 n.116.