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Señora de Sorolla (Clotilde García del Castillo, 1865–1929) in Black  1906

by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida

Sorolla’s wife Clotilde was his confidant, traveling companion, bookkeeper (or in his words, "my Treasury Minister"), and muse. In this portrait, set in their Madrid home, she poses as a Spanish beauty wearing a striking evening dress. Behind her is Sorolla’s painting of a female saint, made during the first months of their marriage in 1888. At far right the artist depicte...
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Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art