Property of a Gentleman
JOAQUÍN SOROLLA | THE FOUNTAIN OF APOLLO, MADRID
Lot Closed
June 18, 01:16 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
JOAQUÍN SOROLLA
Spanish
1863 - 1923
THE FOUNTAIN OF APOLLO, MADRID
signed and dated J Sorolla / 83 lower right
oil on panel
unframed: 27.5 by 17cm., 10¾ by 6¾in.
framed: 51 by 40.5cm., 20 by 16in.
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Sale: Sotheby's, London, 18 May 2011, lot 123
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
The Fountain of Apollo (also known as the Fuente de las Cuatro Estaciones or Fountain of the Four Seasons), is a monumental fountain in the Paseo del Prado in Madrid. Part of what was called the Salon del Paseo del Prado, it was designed by Ventura Rodríguez as part of the urban redevelopment of Madrid under King Charles III in the 18th century. The fountain was inaugurated in 1803 to celebrate the marriage of the Future Ferdinand VII, son of Charles IV.
Sorolla painted the present work in Madrid in 1882 and signed it the following year according to Blanca Pons Sorolla.
We are grateful to Blanca Pons-Sorolla for her assistance in cataloguing this work, which will be included in her forthcoming Sorolla catalogue raisonné (BPS 307).