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Between the Lion and the Rose FOR SALE - $3800

Artist: Fortunino Matania (All)

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Between the Lion and the Rose FOR SALE - $3800 Comic Art

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Title:	Between the Lion and the Rose FOR SALE - $3800
Artist:	Fortunino Matania (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	$3800
Views:	1,947
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Comments:	6
Added to Site:	4/28/2016
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Description

It took an artist to introduce me to an artist which Doug Beekman did several years ago when he showed me a work he owned by Fortunino Matania. Doug marveled at Matania�s exactness and attention to detail, and I was stunned by Matania�s ability to put so much detail onto such little board space.

Then, quite frankly, I forgot about Matania for awhile, that is, until Tom Benham posted a new Matania on his CAF gallery, just one gem in a whole jewelry store.

Tom kindly sold me two of his Matanias (Mataniae?) which are included in this gallery. Then he talked to his buddy, Brett Bjornsrud, an equally nice and generous guy, and Brett promptly sold me this Matania beauty, �Between the Lion and the Rose.� As an old friend of mine once said, �I could use a little beauty in my life.� Thanks to Tom and Brett and Fortunino Matania, I�m feeling a lot more beautiful lately.

Like most Matania art, this illustration was published in Brittania and Eve, a popular British entertainment magazine, in 1935. Like most Matania art, this one has a quasi-historical/legendary origin, in this case the story of a Scottish warrior who, tricked by the English, is wounded and would have been killed were it not for the bravery and kindness of an English maid who saved his life and nursed him to health. That is all I know about this over-sized, 11 X 15 Matania. If others can fill in additional details, I�m all ears, as they say.

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	Mark Howland Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	December 2004
Last Login:	September 2025
Ebay Id:	howmark
Website:	http://www.comicartfans.com
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Chris K.
Member Since 2008

Posted on 4/28/2016

Drop. Dead. Gorgeous. What a stunning piece of art, Mark. Thanks for sharing it. The detail is incredible...I can't stop looking at it!

Ken Z
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/29/2016

The amount of detail in this piece is crazy! That's one of those pieces of art that you don't just look at, you study it and try and imagine how much time he put into each one of those works of art. Congrats on another Fantastic addition to your collection.

frank x townsondecker
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/29/2016

Excellent!!!

Jason Lambert
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/29/2016

Gorgeous!

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 4/20/2018

Absolutely exquisite! Thanks for posting these phenomenal works and introducing me to this artist

Red Raven
Member Since 2012

Posted on 6/26/2018

marvelous pièce - congrats !!

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