Clotilde García del Castillo (painting)
Clotilde García del Castillo is an 1890 oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla.
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Artist | Joaquín Sorolla |
Year | 1890 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 124.50 cm × 97.50 cm (49.02 in × 38.39 in) |
Location | Sorolla Museum, Madrid |
Description
The painting is part of the collection of the Sorolla Museum, in Madrid, Spain.[1] It is a portrait by Joaquín Sorolla of his wife, Clotilde García del Castillo. In the painting, she sits on a wooden chair, clad in a black dress (a sort of a high neck gown) with brown gloves, posing for the painting with a tilted posture on the right, her right hand firmly rested on a pillow kept on the chair and her fingers touching her cheek and chin while her left hand rests on the armrest. Her hair is bound at the top of her head and crowned with a yellow flower.[2]
References
- "Digital Network of Collections of Museums of Spain - Clotilde García del Castillo". Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- "Clotilde - Clotilde García del Castillo - My Museums". Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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