Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Explore this dramatic etching by nineteenth-century Spanish artist Mariano Fortuny, the most internationally acclaimed Spanish artist of his day. Hear how the artist achieved the depth and emotion displayed in The Anchorite and what influenced his work in this Masterpiece Minute podcast episode.

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