Tipos de La Mancha
Joaquín Sorolla, 1912
Tipos de La Mancha is a work that Joaquín Sorolla completed in 1912, painted in oil on canvas in an almost square format. The scene shows two men, one of them mounted on a white donkey, in a setting that the title links to the region of La Mancha. The available sources do not clarify the commission, the purpose or the specific circumstances of its making, so it is best read mainly through what the painting shows. The arrangement of the figures and the luminosity of the paint are the features that most catch the viewer's attention. Sorolla was known for his interest in capturing natural light, and this picture fits within that line of work on popular types and Spanish landscapes. The painting is held at the Museo Sorolla in Madrid, an institution devoted to the painter.
- Painter
- Joaquín Sorolla
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Museum
- Sorolla Museum, Madrid
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