Sorolla Museum

The Museo Sorolla is a system based on a testamentary disposition Madrid museum. The painter Joaquín Sorolla 's widow, Clotilde García del Castillo, 1925 bequeathed all her goods to the Spanish State, on March 28, 1931 these received the donation with the commitment to create a Museum Foundation at. 1932, the museum was opened in the former mansion of the painter. The house was built by the architect Enrique María Repullés. The son of the painter Joaquín Sorolla García, until his death in 1948 the first director of the museum. The collection, at first mainly of the Father Sorolla works, has been enhanced through acquisitions.

From the collection of the artist come works of Auguste Rodin, Pedro de Mena, Mariano Benlliure and various statues of Mary, besides also archaeological objects and ceramics. From the photo collection of the painter come works of José de Ribera, Aureliano de Beruete Benlliure, Marià Fortuny and John Singer Sargent.