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Female Nude

Joaquín Sorolla
1902
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The story

Sorolla posed his wife Clotilde for this nude, meant to rival Velázquez's Rokeby Venus, which he traveled to northern England to see. He kept it in his studio, and after showings in Madrid, London and Paris it toured Chicago and St. Louis in 1911.

Source, Meadows Museum

Object details

Title
Female Nude
Artist
Joaquín Sorolla
Date
1902
Culture
Not recorded
Medium
Oil on canvas
Object type
Paintings
Collection
Museo Sorolla, Madrid
Credit line
Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number
EFA.0709
Original image
1600 × 1037 px
Source record
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License evidence
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