Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Mercado de cereales
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Where is “Mercado de cereales” now? Collection: Sorolla Museum, Madrid. Unknown.
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
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- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Spanish
A la izquierda, en primer plano, figura femenina sentada, de perfil. Frente a ella unos bultos que se identifican con sacos según la inscripción. A su lado, en segundo plano, una figura de pie, y frente a ella, otra figura sentada en el suelo. En la zona derecha, otra figura sentada y tras ella rasguños, que quizá se correspondan con una arquitectura y en el plano medio lo que parece una cabeza de animal esquematizada. A la derecha, una figura femenina de pie, con amplio mantón disimulando su silueta. En el anverso se ha copiado por contacto el reverso del dibujo con Nº Inv. 13382
Sorolla Museum
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- Sorolla Museum
- Image: Sorolla Museum — In Copyright
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 · Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
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.
1902 · Award
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII
