Donations and Acquisitions

Donations

The Sorolla Museum is itself the result of a donation, that of Clotilde García del Castillo, which was subsequently enhanced by her children. The generosity of the Sorolla family enabled the creation of a museum and designated a specific place to house a large number of Sorolla’s works, thus raising awareness of and facilitating further study of the painter. The Museum’s collection is not a closed one, and it aims to offer as complete a collection as possible of Sorolla’s works.

Deposits

The Museum also exhibits some of Sorolla's paintings that we hold as deposits, which have been temporarily and generously loaned by their owners. These are works of extraordinary quality that enrich our understanding of Sorolla's wide and varied pictorial production. They complete the Museum's collection on their temporary return to the place where they were created.

Acquisitions

In recent years, the Spanish State has acquired some important works for the Museum:

• Marina, 1880
• Moor with Oranges, 1885-1886
• The Beach Rascal, 1891
• The Altar Boy, 1885-1886
• Portrait of Juan Antonio García del Castillo, 1887
• Almond Tree in Blossom, 1889. The Sorolla Museum and the Sorolla Museum Foundation would like to thank the more than 400 small individual donors who contributed to their acquisition.
• Gentleman with sash, 1882
• Study of a monk/Male nude from behind, 1881
• Dead Soldier: Study for the The Second of May, 1883
• Girl (Girl's head, in profile), 1882
• Singing Girl, 1883
• Playing the Guitar, Rome and Singing Lesson, 1887
• Taking the Habit, 1888
• Street troubadour. Musician's visit, 1894

Other works have been acquired as dation in payment or by donation:

• The Guitarists, Valencian Customs, 1889

The State may acquire works for the Museum pursuant to the provisions of Royal Decree 11/1986, of 10 January, a partial development of Law 16/1985, of 25 June, on Spanish Historical Heritage.