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White Slave Trade
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida
1895 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 166.5 × 195 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
Between 1890 and 1899 Joaquín Sorolla painted in the style of social realism genre painting. In this painting four young prostitutes are exhausted and fast asleep in a railway car under the watchful eye of their "Celestina" or procuress.
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About this artwork
White Slave Trade (1895) by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, oil on canvas, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish: [xoaˈkin soˈɾoʎa]; 27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes and monumental works of social and historical themes.
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