Apuntes

1885–1889 · Drawing

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Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel

Sorolla Museum

Madrid, Spain

The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.

In this state since: Sep 27, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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Anverso: Rostros masculinos En la zona superior, ligero apunte de parte de un rostro masculino: frente y nariz sobre la que descansan unas gafas. Debajo, hacia la derecha, rostro masculino con todos sus rasgos pero sin dibujar el óvalo de la cara, sólo la barbilla. Por último, hacia la izquierda, otra cabeza masculina con larga barba y cejas puntiagudas. Reverso: Apuntes Varios dibujos de pequeñas figuras desnudas, asexuadas. En el ángulo superior izquierdo, con el papel girado 90 grados, figura corriendo hacia la izquierda, parece que con una lanza. A la derecha, figura de frente que se tapa el sexo con el brazo derecho y el pecho con el izquierdo. En el centro de la hoja, a la izquierda, figura de perfil a la derecha ligeramente de espaldas con una pierna levantada, y hacia la derecha, dos apuntes breves de figuras. En el ángulo inferior derecho, visto con el papel girado 90 grados, figura corriendo hacia la izquierda.

Sorolla Museum

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What it shows

Retrato masculino Figura masculina

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolors Impressionism 19th century

Sources

Sorolla Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 8 days ago
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Meanwhile, 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.

All works

Before the Bullfight

c. 1900 · Minneapolis Institute of Art

Portrait of the Painter Francesco Santoro, Rome

1887 · Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Wounded Foot

1909 · J. Paul Getty Museum

Hall of the Ambassadors, Alhambra, Granada

1909 · J. Paul Getty Museum

Corner of the Garden, Alcazar, Sevilla

1910 · J. Paul Getty Museum

Court of the Dances, Alcázar, Sevilla

1910 · J. Paul Getty Museum

Isabelita and Thor

1893 · National Gallery of Art

The Return from Fishing

1894 · Musée d'Orsay

Apuntes

1885–1889 · Drawing

May one see it?

Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel

Sorolla Museum

Madrid, Spain

The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.

In this state since: Sep 27, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

On the map Museum page

About the work

In the museum's own words — in Spanish

Sorolla Museum

Particulars

Sources

Sorolla Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 8 days ago
Image: Sorolla Museum — In Copyright

Apuntes

Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel

About the work

Particulars

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

Meanwhile, in the life of Joaquín Sorolla