On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P07683
- Author
- Sorolla y Bastida, Joaquín (Spanish)
- Title
- Aureliano de Beruete y Moret, Son
- Chronology
- 1902
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 140 cm x 82 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- DONACION
- Procedence
- Donation of the Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado, 1994
This is a portrait of the erudite
historian, Aureliano de Beruete y
Moret, director of the Prado Museum
and son of the great landscape
artist of the same name. The young
man of twenty-six is shown to the
knees, standing, in an image that
emphasizes his natural pose, with
one hand in his pocket and the
other holding his cane and
gloves.
This work is intimately related to
the portraits that same painter
made of Aureliano de Beruete,
Father (P4646) and his wife, Teresa
de Moret y Remisa (P4655). In these
works, Sorolla offers his the best
of his portraiture, approaching the
image with a very modern concept
influenced by American portraiture
of that period. At the same time,
the weight of Spanish pictorial
tradition is visible in the somber
palette, dominated by black, with
changing tones in the suit. This is
derived directly from Velasquez's
works.
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