Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Pescadora con cesta
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Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
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About the work
Museum text in Spanish
Figura femenina de frente, llevando una cesta de pescado sobre la cabeza, que sujeta a su vez con su mano derecha. Viste falda, mandil, faja y camisa, y parece llevar pañuelo sobre la cabeza. Detrás se insinúa la línea de la orilla y al fondo la del horizonte. Sobre el dibujo se ha copiado por contacto el nº Inv. 14257. Sobre el reverso se ha copiado por contacto el nº Inv. 14259.
Sorolla Museum
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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
1906
Galerie Georges Petit: nearly 500 works
A one-man show at the Galeries Georges Petit in Paris — figures, landscapes, portraits, early works and recent sun-drenched beaches — eclipsed all his earlier successes. His productivity amazed critics, the show was a financial triumph, and it brought him the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honour.
1906 · Award
Officer of the Legion of Honour
