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Who painted it?
Who painted “Nude Old Man in the Sun”?
“Nude Old Man in the Sun” was painted by Mariano Fortuny Marsal in 1871. Where to see it: Museo del Prado.
What to look for
Orientalism: the subject gives it away (turbans, tiles, deserts, minarets), painted with the polish of Academic art and strong Mediterranean light.
Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (June 11, 1838 – November 21, 1874) was a Spanish painter known for works focusing on Romantic fascination with Orientalist themes, historicist genre painting, and military painting of Spanish imperial expansion. Wikipedia
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More by Mariano Fortuny Marsal
- “The Spanish Wedding”, 1870
- “The Painter's Children in the Japanese Room”, 1874
- “La Batalla de Tetuan”, 1862
- “The Odalisque”, 1861
- “Fantasy on Faust”, 1866
- “The Garden of the Fortuny Residence”, 1872
- “Carmen Bastián”, 1871
- “Askari”, 1860