LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

25.59 in. (65.00 cm.) (height) by 34.25 in. (87.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated J. Sorolla / Valencia / 1895 lower centre

Literature:

Rafael Domenech, Sorolla: su vida y su arte, Madrid, 1910, p. xxxii, catalogued; fig. 21, illustrated; Bernardino de Pantorba, Sorolla: Estudio biográfico y crítico, Madrid, 1963, p. 43, cited; n.p., illustrated; Bernardino de Pantorba, La vida y obra de Joaquín Sorolla, Madrid, 1970, p. 178, no. 1302, catalogued; p. 26, illustrated ; Edmund Peel, The Painter Joaquín Sorolla, London, 1989, p. 215, catalogued; p. 119, no. 12, illustrated ; Blanca Pons-Sorolla, Joaquín Sorolla: vida y obra, Madrid, 2001, p. 146, discussed; p. 142, fig. 59, illustrated; Blanca Pons-Sorolla, Joaquín Sorolla, London, 2005, p. 96, discussed; p. 94, fig. 28, illustrated; Fondo Boldu, Archivo General y Fotográfico de Valencia, 2007, no. 46; Blanca Pons-Sorolla, Comiendo en la Barca, Valencia, 2011, pp. 32, 106 & 156, mentioned; p. 33, fig. 4, illustrated

Provenance:

Nationalgalerie, Berlin (purchased from the artist in 1896 following the Internationale Kunstausstellung by Hugo von Tschudi); De-accessioned by the Nationalgalerie, Berlin in 1930 ; Galerie Heinemann, Munich (purchased from the above on 11 February 1930); Alfred Weinberger, Paris (purchased from the above on 3 March 1930); Édouard Jonas, Paris; HRH El Infante Don Alfonso de Borbón, Madrid (acquired in Paris); Dr Alonso Ferrer, Madrid (acquired from the above in 1947); Mrs Alonso Ferrer, Madrid (widow of the above; by 1963); Ernesto Alonso, Madrid; Acquired by the father of the present owner in 1985