Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Chaleco
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Sorolla Museum
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Sep 27, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the work
Anverso: Chaleco Dibujo de un chaleco masculino, de frente. Prenda sin mangas, tiene doble botonadura en el frente, con cuello ligeramente levantado y solapas marcadas. Se ha indicado el color por inscripción. Reverso: Rasguños En el centro de la hoja, forma circular con un colgante en la parte inferior, que quizá represente un pendiente de aro con colgante. A la izquierda, rasguños que podrían representar otro tipo de pendientes, con colgante de bola.
Sorolla Museum
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What it shows
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- Sorolla Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 4 days ago
- Image: Sorolla Museum — In Copyright
Meanwhile, in the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1900
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 · Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
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.
1902 · Award
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII
