Valencia (Spain), 1863 - Cercedilla, Madrid (Spain), 1923
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During his trip to Paris in the autumn of 1913 Sorolla painted the wife of Jacques Seligmann, a leading art dealer of German origin, emphasising her beauty and elegance through the use of a restrained background painted with very loose brushstrokes. Impasto is reserved for the brightest areas such as the flesh tones and the sumptuous white shawl.
Pantorba, Bernardino de, La Vida y la Obra de Joaquin Sorolla. estudio biográfico y crítico, Mayfe,, Madrid, 1970, pp. 209 N.2570.
Sotheby's España, Madrid, 30 de junio 1987, lote 11, 1987.
Sotheby's España, Madrid, 6 de abril 1987, lote 45., 1987.
Martínez Plaza, P. J., 'Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida. Ella J. Seligmann' En: Donación Hans Rudolf Gerstenmaier al Museo del Prado, Museo Nacional del Prado,, Madrid, 2019, pp. n.5 p.36-39.
Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2993.
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