What does caballero mean?

Caballero is Spanish for gentleman or knight. Sorolla painted this formal portrait of a Spanish gentleman early in his career in 1884.

How old was Sorolla when he painted this?

Sorolla was about 21 in 1884. This early work predates the luminous beach scenes that would later make him famous.

Where Is Portrait of a Caballero? Museum Location

Q: Where is Portrait of a Caballero?

This painting is in a private collection. Major Sorolla collections are at the Sorolla Museum in Madrid and the Hispanic Society in New York.

Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla painted this portrait of a Spanish gentleman in 1884, when the artist was about twenty-one years old and developing his distinctive style. The work measures 52.1 x 41.6 cm in oil on canvas, showing a caballero, or gentleman, rendered with the emerging Impressionist sensibility that would later make Sorolla famous.

This early portrait was created the same year as his dramatic history painting "The Death of Pedro Velarde," showing the range of subjects Sorolla tackled during his formative years. Though now celebrated for his sun-drenched beach scenes and luminous garden views from Valencia, his early career included many portrait commissions.

The work held in a private collection. Major holdings of Sorolla's work can be found at the Sorolla Museum in Madrid and the Hispanic Society of America in New York.