Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Málaga

1886 - 1887. White chalk, Charcoal, Pencil on paper.
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Given the painting’s complexity and the number of figures, Gisbert studied its composition in this preliminary drawing. Its dimensions, which are larger than normal for a work of this type, allowed him to extensively work out the arrangement of the figures. If compared with the final painting, it can be seen that Gisbert eliminated the more theatrical figures (including the three on the right), modified the poses of the corpses and changed the features of the principal condemned men in order to emphasise their heroic dignity.

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Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Malaga

Oil on panel, After 1888

Antonio Gisbert Pérez

Inventory number: D006373
Author: Antonio Gisbert Pérez
Title: Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Málaga
Date: 1886 - 1887
Technique: White chalk; Charcoal; Pencil
Support: Paper
Dimension: Height: 820 mm; Width: 1330 mm
Provenance: Acquired by the State, for the Prado Museum, 1999
Entry date: 1999

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Díez, José Luis, 'Antonio Gisbert. Fusilamiento de Torrijos y sus compañeros en las playas de Málaga', El siglo XIX en el Prado, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2007, pp. 266-272 fg.53.1.

Díez, José Luis, 'Antonio Gisbert. The execution of Torrijos and his companions on the beach at Málaga', The Nineteenth Century in the Prado, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2007, pp. 266-272 nº.53.1 [o.r.].

Barón, J, Una pintura para una nación: El fusilamiento de Torrijos y sus compañeros, Museo Nacional del Prado,, Madrid, 2019.