Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Plaza de León
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Where is “Plaza de León” now? Collection: Sorolla Museum, Madrid. Unknown.
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Spanish
En primer plano, tres bustos femeninos. El de la izquierda está de perfil a la derecha, seguido por otros dos de espaldas, aunque una de ellas gira la cabeza hacia la izquierda. Todas llevan pañuelo a la cabeza y mantón sobre los hombros. Tras ellas, hacia el fondo, rasguños que indican otras figuras, distinguiéndose, a la derecha, a una figura masculina de pie con sombrero. El fondo de la escena lo conforman la parte baja de varios edificios sobre columnas.
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
