Señora De Sorolla Clotilde García Del is a painting by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida which was uploaded on February 8th, 2017.
Señora De Sorolla Clotilde García Del
Sorolla's wife Clotilde was his confidant, traveling companion, bookkeeper (or in his words, my Treasury Minister), and muse. In this portrait, set... more
Title
Señora De Sorolla Clotilde García Del
Artist
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
Sorolla's wife Clotilde was his confidant, traveling companion, bookkeeper (or in his words, "my Treasury Minister"), and muse. In this portrait, set in their Madrid home, she poses as a Spanish beauty wearing a striking evening dress. Behind her is Sorolla's painting of a female saint, made during the first months of their marriage in 1888. At far right the artist depicted the edge of another canvas--a conceit recalling the work of seventeenth-century master and fellow countryman Velázquez. The present picture hung prominently in Sorolla's wildly successful 1909 exhibition at the Hispanic Society of America in New York, where the Metropolitan immediately acquired it.
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February 8th, 2017
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