Estudios de cabezas, Joaquín Sorolla Bastida, 1902–1903
Joaquín Sorolla, portraitJoaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923

Estudios de cabezas

1902–1903 · Drawing

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Anverso: Sentados junto al ganado. Dos figuras masculinas sentadas, el de primer término de perfil a la izquierda, ligeramente agachado manipulando algo; el otro de frente. Llevan sombreros de ala ancha. A la derecha una vaca. Al fondo a la izquierda una estructura de difícil interpretación. Reverso: Estudios de cabezas. Cuatro estudios de cabezas masculinas y una femenina. En la fila superior, desde la izquierda: cabeza masculina de frente, ligeramente inclinada hacia abajo, con bigote; cabeza masculina de tres cuartos a la derecha, con bigote y perilla, de ojeras pronunciadas; cabeza masculina de perfil a la izquierda, con barba. En la fila inferior, cabeza femenina en pose de tres cuartos a la derecha, con el cabello recogido con volumen y rasgos faciales apenas señalados; cabeza masculina de perfil a la derecha, con bigote y perilla y gafas. Se ha copiado por contacto sobre el dibujo el nº Inv. 12766.

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  1. 1900

    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.

  2. 1901 · Award

    Knight of the Legion of Honour

  3. 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.

  4. 1902 · Award

    Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII

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