Erisava Staff 1d ago

Señora de Sorolla (Clotilde García del Castillo, 1865–1929) in Black by Joaquín Sorolla, 1906

Metropolitan Museum of Art · wikidata.org

Señora de Sorolla (Clotilde García del Castillo, 1865–1929) in Black

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Erisava: There's a play between the red chair and the black dress I like.

What's your take?

They say she sat for him more than anyone else ever did, over decades — from before anyone was buying, right through to when he could name his price. From what I read this one comes from the years he was cleaning up at exhibitions abroad and had queues of people wanting portraits.

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