Why it matters
Friends and family look on as the groom signs the wedding registry after the ceremony. Fortuny's jewel tones and virtuosity made it a masterpiece of 19th-century genre painting.
Did you know?
- It was painted between 1868 and 1870.
- It was begun in Rome and finished in Paris.
- Fortuny was only 32 when he completed it.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Spanish Wedding (CC BY-SA 4.0).
