2023-M S€10 Silver, Square, Sorolla, Horse's Bath, Colorized PR DCAM

On the centenary of the death of Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Valencia, 1863 – Cercedilla, 1923), the Royal Spanish Mint honors the Spanish painter of greatest international reach of his time and master of «luminism», with three coins reproducing works kept at the Museo Sorolla in Madrid.

Sorolla’s fame crossed the Atlantic with his 1909 exhibition in New York, followed in 1911 by shows in St. Louis and Chicago and the commission from the Hispanic Society of America for fourteen murals on the regions of Spain. The program comprises a gold 4 escudos, a Cincuentín and a square 1 oz coin — both silver pieces in color — struck in proof quality.

Obverse Description

In color, “El baño del caballo” (1909), from the series of beach scenes of El Cabañal that Sorolla painted in the summer of 1909: his well-known symphony of whites and blues.

Reverse Description

“Saliendo del baño” (Leaving the Bath), 1915: a woman holding a naked child wrapped in a white cloth, a subject Sorolla repeated to explore light and color on white fabrics.

Source: Real Casa de la Moneda (Spanish Mint)