Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Escena de café
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Where is “Escena de café” 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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Museum text in Spanish
Anverso: Escena de café. En primer término, dos figuras masculinas sentadas ante la mesa de un café; la de la izquierda de perfil, con los antebrazos sobre la tapa, y el del centro de frente, con su mano izquierda a la cintura. Tras ellos, otros dos hombres sentados; el de la derecha con pipa. Al fondo se abre un gran ventanal entre pilares con la persiana a media altura. Reverso: Mujer con mantón. Figura femenina de cuerpo entero y perfil derecho. Cabello recogido, mantón y falda larga. Sobre ella, un apunte de cabello recogido en moño.
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- Image: Sorolla Museum — In Copyright
In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1888
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.
8 November 1892
Son born: Joaquín Sorolla García
