Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923May one see it?
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
Busto de figura infantil de frente, ligeramente inclinado hacia la derecha. Tiene los ojos cerrados y lleva la cabeza cubierta con un gorro cerrado al cuello, con volantes en la parte frontal y abultado en la parte superior trasera. Por la parte del pecho, a la izquierda, apunte de una mano adulta que parece sujetarle. A la derecha, breve apunte de un rostro infantil. Reverso: Rasguños a lápiz.
Sorolla Museum
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