Melon sellers resting against a whitewashed wall hung with vines

Four young Valencians sit and stand at the foot of a whitewashed wall shaded by a vine. One in a red sash and blue trousers leans back with his legs stretched out; a girl in a yellow bodice holds a basket; a third, in a striped sash, cradles a melon in both hands; a fourth stands behind in a red-striped jacket and a broad hat. Baskets of dark green melons stand on the ground, one cut open to pale yellow flesh. White birds feed at a low basin on the left. Signed and dated at the lower right.

Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923) was the painter of Spanish sunlight. From the 1890s he worked on the beaches of Valencia, painting bathers, fishermen, sails and children in the surf with a broad, rapid touch that caught the glare of the Mediterranean, and his exhibitions in Paris, London and New York made him one of the most celebrated painters of his day. His last great work was the Vision of Spain for the Hispanic Society of America. His paintings are held by the Museo Sorolla in Madrid, the Prado and the Hispanic Society.

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