The Execution of the Comuneros of Castile

The Execution of the Comuneros of Castile
ArtistAntonio Gisbert Pérez
Year1860
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions255 cm × 365 cm (100 in × 144 in)
LocationPalacio de las Cortes, Madrid

The Execution of the Comuneros of Castile (Spanish: Ejecución de los comuneros de Castilla) is a history painting by Antonio Gisbert, from 1860.

Gisbert painted the oil on canvas in Rome.[1] He presented the painting to the 1860 National Exhibition of Fine Arts, where he won a first-class medal. The Congress of Deputies purchased the painting for 80,000 reales.[2] The painting depicts the execution of the three leaders of the Revolt of the Comuneros on 24 April 1521 in Villalar. Traditionally exhibited at the Palacio de las Cortes in Madrid, the painting was temporarily moved to the seat of the Cortes of Castile and León in Valladolid in occasion of the 500th anniversary of the depicted event in 2021.[3]

References

  1. ^ Baaker-Bates, Piers (2022). "Spanish Painting. Recreating a Perceived 'Golden Age'". In Potter, Matthew C. (ed.). Representing the Past in the Art of the Long Nineteenth Century: Historicism, Postmodernism, and Internationalism. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781351004183-5. S2CID 241254733.
  2. ^ Hernández Pérez, José María (23 April 2021). "El cuadro de 'Los Comuneros' y Gisbert". La Gaceta de Salamanca.
  3. ^ "Llega a las Cortes el cuadro 'Los Comuneros Padilla, Bravo y Maldonado en el patíbulo'". El Norte de Castilla. 14 April 2021.
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