Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923En el lagar, Jávea
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Where is “En el lagar, Jávea” now? Collection: Sorolla Museum, Madrid. Unknown.
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Spanish
Dibujo con escena de interior relativo al tema de la preparación de la pasa. En el lado izquierdo y al fondo, una figura de cuerpo entero, delante de una puerta adintelada. Sobre ella aparece una ventana y una parra. Hacia la derecha, en alto, cuatro figuras trabajando de cuerpo entero, de espaldas y de perfil, separadas por pilares. En el reverso del dibujo, se aprecia un esbozo de bovino.
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
