Joaquín SorollaSpagna, 1863–1923Si può ammirare?
Madrid, Spagna
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A la izquierda, pendiente de aro del que pende un cuerpo rectangular rematado en varias perillas o almendrillas colgantes. A la derecha, girando la hoja 90º, anotación manuscrita de Sorolla sobre un posible tema para un cuadro. Sobre el dibujo se ha copiado por contacto el nº Inv. 15454.
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 · Premio
Knight of the Legion of Honour
1902 · Premio
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII