Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Locutorio
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
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the work
In the museum's own words — in Spanish
Anverso: Mercado de ganado. Varias cabezas de ganado vacuno avanzan de izquierda a derecha, algunas semi ocultas por el elemento vertical que hay en primer término. Al fondo dos figuras femeninas cubiertas con pañuelos atados a la nuca, conversan con un hombre tocado con gorra. Reverso: Locutorio. En el centro, reja del locutorio de un convento, tras la cual se adivina la figura de una monja. Sombreado a base de zig zag en la parte inferior y en la derecha, donde hay una mesa. Se ha copiado por contacto sobre el dibujo el nº Inv. 12775.
Sorolla Museum
Particulars
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
