Madre e hija

1902 · Drawing

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: Sep 27, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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About the work

In the museum's own words — in Spanish

Anverso: Madre e hija. Figura femenina sentada de frente, con las piernas cruzadas y su mano derecha estirando el hilo con el que está cosiendo. Delante de ella, en primer término, joven sentada de perfil a la izquierda, con la cabeza inclinada. Se trata de Clotilde García del Castillo con una de sus hijas. Reverso: Pescadoras esperando la llegada de la pesca. Cuatro pescadoras sentadas en el suelo, esperan con sus cestas la llegada de las barcas de pesca. Las dos de la izquierda están enfrentadas y las de la derecha de frente, una detrás de otra, la de primer término semi recostada. Sobre el dibujo se ha copiado por contacto el nº Inv. 13014.

Sorolla Museum

Particulars

Meanwhile, in the life of Joaquín Sorolla

The whole life

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.
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

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