Joaquín SorollaEspaña, 1863–1923¿Se puede contemplar?
Madrid, España
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Anverso: Interior con escalera. En primer término apunte de una figura. Se encuentra en el interior de una estancia con una puerta a su espalda, a la izquierda, junto a una escalera que sube a un segundo piso, y cuyo tramo superior está en sombra. Reverso: Anotaciones manuscritas de Sorolla. Sobre ellas se ha copiado por contacto el dibujo nº Inv. 15452.
Museo Sorolla
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 · Distinción
Knight of the Legion of Honour
1902 · Distinción
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII