Marian Fortuny Marsal Auction Prices and Value Guide

Marian Fortuny Marsal auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 541 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Marian Fortuny Marsal auction prices: quick answer

Marian Fortuny Marsal auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Marian Fortuny Marsal
Source records
541
Market update
2026-02-06

Marian Fortuny Marsal market snapshot

Marian Fortuny Marsal shows thin auction liquidity with 5 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $60. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-06-18.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (100.0% · 1 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2024-06-18

Artist context

About Marian Fortuny Marsal

Marian Fortuny Marsal portrait
Didier Descouens · Public domain · Source

Born

1838

Died

1874

Nationality

Spanish

Also known as

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, Marià Fortuny, Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal

Marian Fortuny Marsal, also widely identified as Mariano Fortuny y Marsal or Marià Fortuny, was a Spanish painter, draftsman, and printmaker who lived from 1838 to 1874. His work is associated with nineteenth-century Orientalism and includes Moroccan figures and scenes, historicist genre subjects, military imagery, bullfighting themes, and closely observed character studies. Museum and library records also document his activity in drawing, etching, and lithography, extending his identity beyond oil painting alone. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on paintings, works on paper, and graphic works, sometimes under different Spanish or Catalan forms of his name. The variety of names and media makes careful entity matching important. Institutional collections represented in Art UK include Moroccan subjects, a gentleman reading, acrobats at Tetouan, and a bullfighter's salute, illustrating the range of figures and narrative settings associated with his work.

OrientalismPaintingDrawingPrintmaking, including etching and lithographyMoroccan and North African figures and scenesHistoricist genre scenesMilitary subjects connected with Spanish imperial expansionBullfighting subjects

Common works and media

Works associated with Fortuny include paintings, drawings, etchings, lithographs, and other prints. Recurring subjects documented in the collected sources include Moroccan and North African figures, scenes at Tetouan, historicist genre compositions, military imagery, bullfighting, readers, performers, and individual character studies. Because his identity appears under Mariano, Marian, and Marià name forms, signatures, inscriptions, and catalogue references should be checked carefully when researching a possible work.

Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should begin by establishing medium, dimensions, date, condition, attribution, signature or inscriptions, and documented provenance. For prints, the specific process, impression quality, paper, state, and any edition information may also matter. Comparable sales are most useful when they involve genuinely similar works rather than objects linked only by a name variant. The collected Appraisily market excerpt is unusually thin and appears to include unrelated matched names, so its single priced observation should not be treated as representative of Fortuny's broader market. Auction-house cataloguing, catalogue references, exhibition history, restoration, subject matter, and the strength of attribution should be reviewed alongside verified public sale records.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Drawings, etchings, and lithographs

Value drivers

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and position within the artist's career
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition information, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Comparable public auction sales matched by medium, size, date, condition, and subject
  6. Subject matter, rarity, and current demand

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected Appraisily page reports only five matched auction records and one priced record, so its displayed price observation is not a reliable standalone market benchmark.
  • The Appraisily record excerpt lists names that appear unrelated to Marian Fortuny Marsal, indicating that the current auction match set may contain entity-resolution errors.
  • Public auction results are appraisal inputs rather than definitive valuations; private transactions, incomplete feeds, fees, restoration, and later attribution changes may not be represented.
  • Authentication, attribution, and condition should be assessed before comparing an object with published auction results.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, strong source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Marian Fortuny Marsal

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Marian Fortuny Marsal worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

Can Appraisily value my Marian Fortuny Marsal artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.