Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish, 1863-1923)
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Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish, 1863-1923)

Bacante

细节
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish, 1863-1923)
Bacante
signed, inscribed and dated 'Sorolla Bastida/1889 Madrid' (lower right)
oil on canvas
14½ x 27¼ in. (36.9 x 69.2 cm.)
Painted in 1889.
来源
Dona Rosa Caceres, Viuda de Cisneros, Madrid.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 20 June 1986, lot 60.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
出版
B. de Pantorba, La Vida y la Obra de Joaquín Sorolla, Madrid, 1970, no. 1185.
注意事项
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拍品专文

The present work depicts a bacante; a follower of Bacchus: the god of wine and merriment. The riotous and sensual connotations associated with Bacchus are hinted at here in the unabashed pose of the young bacante, as well as the tamborine she holds and the flowers scattered around her- suggesting the remnants of a celebration. This classically inspired subject reflects the impact of Sorolla's visit to Rome in 1885. Sorolla studied a number of works by the great masters during his sojourn in the eternal city, and during the following years he painted a number of works with Italian or Classical themes including Mesalina en brazos del gladiador, 1886 (fig. 1).

Bacante highlights Sorolla's early highly-finished and academic style, that contrasts so greatly with the Impressionistic tendencies that he developed later in life. Here we see a greater concentration on the depiction of detail, as well as an emphasis on tight brush-work, giving the work a jewel-like quality.