Joaquín Sorolla · 1899
Sad Inheritance
Posters from $15 · Canvas from $39
Sorolla's prize-winning canvas — a priest helping disabled children bathe in the Valencia surf. Bancaja Foundation, Valencia.
Up to 10 × 7 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Sad Inheritance
Sad Inheritance! is an 1899 oil painting by Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla. The painting was held by Episcopal Church of the Ascension in New York for many years, until it was bought in 1981 by the Savings Bank of Valencia.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Joaquín Sorolla
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape under the bright sunlight of Spain and sunlit water.
All Joaquín Sorolla prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
