The Painter's Children in the Japanese Room, Mariano Fortuny (1874)
Mariano Fortuny painted his two children during a summer near Naples. His daughter María Luisa reclines on orange and green cushions, fanning herself, while his son Mariano sits beside her on a golden couch, focused on embroidered blue cloth in his lap. The room is decorated in Japanese style, with golden butterflies and flowering branches adorning the walls, exotic plants in a planter, and scattered toys like a doll on the floor. The painting itself reflects Japanese influence not only through its Asian-inspired décor and fabrics, but also through its composition—the soft lighting and elongated format characteristic of Japanese art.
