Apuntes de figuras

1885–1889 · Drawing

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Sorolla Museum

Madrid, Spain

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In this state since: Sep 27, 2026
Source: The museum

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Museum text in Spanish

Anverso: Caballos En la zona superior, dos caballos. El de la izquierda está visto desde atrás, ligeramente de tres cuartos, de forma que podemos verle la cabeza. Parece que de sus costados salen unas varas que se juntan por medio de otra a la altura de las patas del caballo en su parte trasera, y que deben de formar parte de algún sistema de enganche. A su derecha, otro caballo, de perfil a la izquierda, pero con la silueta medio oculta por el primero. Este segundo lleva silla de montar. En la zona inferior, a la izquierda, dibujo de una para de caballo y a la derecha, detalle de dos patas de caballo. Reverso: Apuntes de figuras En la zona superior, dibujo incompleto de una figura masculina de perfil a la izquierda, en el que el perfil del rostro no se ha dibujado. En el centro de la hoja, figura masculina en pose de tres cuartos, de perfil a la izquierda pero casi de frente a nosotros. A la cabeza lleva sombrero, y en el rostro, bigote. Sostiene frente a sí un diario, del que vemos el perfil superior, inclinando la cabeza hacia abajo para leerlo.

Sorolla Museum

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What it shows

Horse Male figure

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolors Impressionism 19th century

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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla

The whole life

1885
A four-year grant to study in Rome
Having completed his military service, the twenty-two-year-old Sorolla received a grant from the Spanish Academy in Rome for four years of study in Italy. In Rome he was welcomed by the academy’s director, Francisco Pradilla, in whose example the young painter found stability.
1885
Paris: his first encounter with modern painting
A long stay in Paris gave him his first exposure to modern painting; he was especially struck by exhibitions of Jules Bastien-Lepage and Adolph von Menzel. Back in Rome he studied with José Benlliure, Emilio Sala and José Villegas Cordero.
1888
Returns to Valencia to marry Clotilde
Sorolla returned to Valencia to marry Clotilde García del Castillo; by 1895 they had three children — María, Joaquín and Elena.
13 April 1889
Daughter born: María Sorolla García
1890
Moves to Madrid: large canvases for the salons
The family moved to Madrid. For the next decade Sorolla concentrated on large canvases of orientalist, mythological, historical and social subjects for salons and international exhibitions in Madrid, Paris, Venice, Munich, Berlin and Chicago.