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Espectadores, Joaquín Sorolla Bastida, 1895
Joaquín Sorolla, portraitJoaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923

Espectadores

1895 · 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 mapMuseum page

About the work

In the museum's own words — in Spanish

Anverso: Espectadores. En primer término, busto femenino casi de espaldas, con traje de cuello alto y mangas muy abullonadas. Lleva el cabello recogido y un tocado plano con adorno de telas. Al fondo asoman dos cabezas de perfil a la derecha, una masculina con sombrero canotier y otra femenina con tocado muy adornado. A la derecha otro sombrero femenino. Todos miran hacia el mismo punto, probablemente sean espectadores de algún espectáculo. Reverso: Sentados en un café. Grupo sentado en un café, de perfil a la derecha, probablemente contemplando algún espectáculo. En primer término, figura femenina con traje ceñido a la cintura, cuello alto y mangas tipo gigot o de jamón. Lleva el cabello recogido en un moño y tocado muy adornado con telas. Sujeta un bastón con su mano derecha. Junto a ella una figura masculina, con traje de chaqueta y sombrero canotier. Lleva bigote. Al fondo asoma una figura femenina, con cuello alto y sombrero. Delante de este grupo hay una mesa con varias copas. Detrás de ésta, busto masculino con chistera.

Sorolla Museum

Particulars

1895 · aged 32
18631923

What it shows

Café-teatroVida urbana

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolorsImpressionism19th century

Sources

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

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