From the Albaycín to the Private Museum: The Fortuny Azulejo and its Residences

Élodie Baillot The so-called Fortuny azulejo is a lusterware tile panel of very large dimensions, dated from the early 15th century and probably produced in Málaga under the reign of the Nasrid King Yusuf III, who ruled over the kingdom of Granada from 1376 to 1417 (Fig. 1). This magnificent tile panel has been known since its purchase in 1871 in Granada by the Spanish painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (1838-1974). Fortuny who had won the Prix de Rome in 1857 had settled in the Eternal city b...