Joaquín SorollaEspanha, 1863–1923Será possível contemplá-la?
Madrid, Espanha
O dono é conhecido. Se hoje está exposta, o museu não o diz, e adivinhar não é da nossa competência.
Dibujo de figura masculina fumando en pipa, de perfil y sentada en una silla, con una pierna cruzada encima de la otra y el brazo derecho por detrás del respaldo de la silla en actitud relajada. Contornos de la figura bien definidos con trazos seguros en pliegues de camisa y pantalón. Cabeza realizada con sombras en el pelo, ojo y barbilla; rasgos no muy definidos. El cuerpo sombreado con trazos de distinta intensidad con tiza siena y clarión. Podría tratarse de un autorretrato. En el reverso, cuatro líneas configuran la silueta de una costa con una barca.
Museu 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 · Prémio
Knight of the Legion of Honour
1902 · Prémio
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII