On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P04615
- Author
- Rosales Gallina, Eduardo (Spanish)
- Title
- An Episode from the Battle of Tetuán
- Chronology
- 1868
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 75 cm x 125 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- No
- Entrance
- MUSEO ARTE MODERNO
- Procedence
- Museum of Modern Art
This painting captures a moment in
the Battle of Tetuan, when Spanish
and Moroccan troops fought each
other as part of the war between
those two countries in 1859 and
1860. The Moroccan troops shoot and
gesticulate while, on the Spanish
side, the presence of cavalry and a
canon auger success in this
skirmish.
Rosales entered this work in a
painting contest on this subject,
which was won by Vicente Palmaroli.
He approached the painting with a
very broken palette, giving an
unfinished impression. But it is
precisely that sketchiness that
generates the sensation of
immediacy and movement, which is
very representative of a part of
his oeuvre.
This work was aquired for the
Museum of Modern Art on 31 may
1916.
