A girl skipping in a park, her shadow flung across pale gravel

A girl in a striped blue-and-white pinafore leaps clear of the ground at the centre right, a red ribbon in her plaited hair, her black-stockinged legs kicked out behind her; her shadow is thrown across the pale gravel to the left. A tree trunk cuts the canvas vertically at the left, and behind it a low round fountain basin holds green water. Other children play beyond — one in white reaching into the basin, two more running under the trees, with a red flower bed and a balustrade behind. Signed and dated at the lower left.

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.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.