Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Las cuarenta horas
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Where is “Las cuarenta horas” now? Collection: Sorolla Museum, Madrid. Unknown.
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
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Museum text in Spanish
Dibujo alusivo a Las cuarenta horas representando una escena con varias figuras femeninas sentadas en sillas bajas formando semicírculo. Las cabezas veladas. A los pies de las figuras de los extremos, sendos cestos sobre el suelo. De pie, en el centro un religioso ataviado con hábito negro. De fondo, rasguños que insinúan el interior de una iglesia con puerta abierta en el centro y un pilar en el lateral izquierdo. En el reverso, notas manuscritas por Sorolla con diversas direcciones y nombres.
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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
