Portrait of Benito Pérez Galdós
1894 painting by Joaquín Sorolla
Portrait of Benito Pérez Galdós | |
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Spanish: Retrato de Benito Pérez Galdós | |
Artist | Joaquín Sorolla |
Year | 1894 |
Medium | Oil portrait painting |
Movement | Postimpressionism |
Dimensions | 73 cm × 98 cm (29 in × 39 in) |
Location | Casa-Museo Pérez Galdós, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
Portrait of Benito Pérez Galdós (Spanish: Retrato de Benito Pérez Galdós is an oil portrait painting by Joaquín Sorolla made in 1894[1] of the Spanish writer Benito Pérez Galdós at age 51.[2]
In 1973, it was acquired by the grandsons of Galdós for the Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria.[3] In 2014, it was temporarily moved to Museo del Prado for an exhibition.[4] After the exhibition, the painting was shown to have minor damage and was restored by the museum staff.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Retrato de Benito Pérez Galdós". World Digital Library (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Torres, Begoña (2005). Sorolla. Madrid: LIBSA. pp. 244–245. ISBN 978-84-662-1040-9.
- ^ Melian, Ibiza (10 January 2011). La relación de Sorolla con los liberales de su época (in Spanish). p. 17 – via Google Books.
- ^ "El retrato de Galdós pintado por Sorolla vuelve a Gran Canaria tras ser exhibido en la exitosa antológica dedicada al pintor en el Museo del Prado" [The portrait of Galdós painted by Sorolla returns to Gran Canaria after being exhibited in the successful anthology dedicated to the painter at the Prado Museum]. El Digital de Canarias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
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