Antiquaries  1863

Fortuny’s lively and brilliant paintings, with their sparkling, flecked brushstrokes, brought him fame not only in his native Spain but also in Italy, France, and the United States. Here, two gentlemen in eighteenth-century dress study a portfolio of engravings in a room crowded with works of art. When the painting was purchased in 1867 by the American W. H. Stewart, one o...