Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Cabeza masculina
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Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
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- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Spanish
Anverso: Contemplando las barcas. Figura femenina de espaldas, vestida con saya, mandil y pañoleta sobre los hombros, se acoda sobre un murete contemplando las barcas que se ven al fondo navegando en el agua. A la derecha, sobre lo que parece un macizo vegetal, anotación ilegible. Reverso: Cabeza masculina. Cabeza masculina de perfil a la derecha, inclinada hacia abajo y con la gorra echada hacia delante.
Sorolla Museum
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- Sorolla Museum
- Image: Sorolla Museum — In Copyright
In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1900
Grand Prix at the Paris Universal Exposition
“Sad Inheritance”, a huge canvas of crippled children bathing in the sea at Valencia under a monk’s supervision, brought Sorolla his greatest official recognition, the Grand Prix and a medal of honour, and his exhibit as a whole earned him nomination as a Knight of the Legion of Honour. After this picture he never returned to so overtly social a theme.
1901 · Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
1901
A medal of honour in Madrid for “Sad Inheritance”
The painting won the medal of honour at the National Exhibition in Madrid. Two of its luminous preparatory oil sketches Sorolla gave as gifts to the American artists John Singer Sargent and William Merritt Chase.
1902 · Award
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII
