The Breakwater, San Sebastián
Joaquín Sorolla · 1917–1918
The Breakwater, San Sebastián is a painting by the Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla, dated 1917–1918.
A crowd in coats and hats gathers on a breakwater to watch a grey, storm-driven sea break in white spray beneath a headland — a dramatic late coastal scene under a cool northern sky.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Source resolution
- 2742 × 1920 px
- Rights
- Public domain
Public domain — the work of Joaquín Sorolla (d. 1923) is in the public domain worldwide.
More paintings by Joaquín Sorolla
- Extremadura: The Market (Vision of Spain) 1917
- Children on the Beach 1916
- The Pink Robe 1916
- Valencia: Las Grupas (Vision of Spain) 1916
- Seville: The Dance (Vision of Spain) 1915
- Galicia: The Pilgrimage (Vision of Spain) 1915