Joaquín SorollaSpagna, 1863–1923Si può ammirare?
Madrid, Spagna
Il proprietario è noto. Se oggi sia esposta, il museo non lo dice, e a indovinare non ci hanno insegnato.
Dibujo de trazo tenue, de difícil interpretación. En la parte inferior, lo que parece parte de un muro o cancela, rematada en bolas. Sobre éste, una estructura piramidal, de perfiles irregulares, sombreada en la parte central (?)
Museo Sorolla
c. 1881
Madrid: studying the old masters in the Prado
At eighteen Sorolla travelled to Madrid and studied the master paintings in the Museo del Prado with great energy.
1885
A four-year grant to study in Rome
Having completed his military service, the twenty-two-year-old Sorolla received a grant from the Spanish Academy in Rome for four years of study in Italy. In Rome he was welcomed by the academy’s director, Francisco Pradilla, in whose example the young painter found stability.
1885
Paris: his first encounter with modern painting
A long stay in Paris gave him his first exposure to modern painting; he was especially struck by exhibitions of Jules Bastien-Lepage and Adolph von Menzel. Back in Rome he studied with José Benlliure, Emilio Sala and José Villegas Cordero.