19th Century European Paintings
19th Century European Paintings
PROPERTY FROM A SPANISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
JOAQUÍN SOROLLA | El Palleter
Auction Closed
July 9, 02:03 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Spanish Private Collection
JOAQUÍN SOROLLA
Spanish
1863 - 1923
El Palleter
signed and dated j Sorolla / 84 lower left
oil on canvas
47 by 33cm., 18½ by 13in.
To be included in Blanca Pons Sorolla's forthcoming Sorolla catalogue raisonné (BPS 120).
Commissioned from the artist by the great-grandfather of the present owner; thence by descent
El Palleter ('The Straw Seller') was the popular name for Vicent Doménech, a native of the region of Valencia who was a celebrated fighter in the Peninsular War. The present work relates to Sorolla's monumental history painting of the same year, The Cry of 'El Palleter', which depicts Doménech's rallying cry for Valencians to stand up to Napoleon's armies (Valencia, Diputación: deposited in the Palau de la Generalitat). A statue dedicated to El Palleter by Emilio Caladín stands in Valencia.