Name of Object:

Sorolla in Tetouan

Name in original language:

Sorolla en Tetuán

Location:

Madrid, Spain

Holding Institution:

Sorolla Museum

 About Sorolla Museum, Madrid

Holding Institution (original language):

Museo Sorolla

Date of Object:

February 1919

Author:

J. Beringola

Inventory Number:

MS80334

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Cardboard; Gelatin DOP

Dimensions:

Height: 19,2 cm, Length: 28,5 cm

Provenance:

Granada

Description:

This picture was taken in Tetouan during a trip of the painter Joaquín Sorolla and his friends to Morocco in 1919. Sorolla's family and friends were portrayed with local people, a highlight of which is the Moor Selam and other characters and exotic animals, such as the monkey. Especially interesting is her daughter Helena who appeared in a Moorish costume.
This travel appeared in the newspapers El Confidencial and ABC which also published this photograph.
This family trip brought back memories and objects. The painter's daughter, Helena, had their little Moorish corner on the stairs of the house which is now the Sorolla Museum. A table, a chest, tambourines, fabrics, jewellery were bought back as souvenirs.

Citation of this web page:

Covadonga Pitarch "Sorolla in Tetouan" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;es;25;en;N

Prepared by: Covadonga Pitarch
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

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