Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Dándole el pecho
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Where is “Dándole el pecho” now? Collection: Sorolla Museum, Madrid. Unknown.
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: Pescadores en una barca. En el interior de una barca, de la que sólo se ve la embocadura, dos pescadores permanecen sentados. El de la izquierda de frente, con sombrero, medio recostado apoyándose sobre los codos en la línea de estribor. El de la derecha de perfil, con gorra y con la cabeza ligeramente inclinada hacia abajo. Entre ambos, ocultándo la espalda de esta última figura, se observa el palo mayor, así como la parte inferior de la vela. Reverso: Dándole el pecho Apunte abreviado de una mujer de perfil dando el pecho a un bebé. A la derecha un rasguño ovalado insinúa (a juzgar por la inscripción), la figura de otro bebé envuelto en una tela y tumbado.
Sorolla Museum
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- 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
