Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Jávea
May one see it?
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
In the museum's own words — in Spanish
Anverso: Jávea. Figura femenina sentada de espaldas en el centro del papel. Presenta el cabello bien conformado; no así el resto de la figura, conformada por medio de rasgos imprecisos. Por encima de esta figura, en el ángulo superior derecho, se sitúan una serie de rasgos imprecisos. Reverso: Pasero, Jávea. Un pasero, de medio cuerpo, mantiene con sus manos una pala. La pala se situa en la parte inferior de la mitad derecha del papel.
Sorolla Museum
Particulars
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Sorolla Museum
- Image: Sorolla Museum — In Copyright
Meanwhile, 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
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.
1901 · Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
1902 · Award
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII
