Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Malaga

After 1888. Oil on panel.
Not on display

Previously considered a preliminary study, this is in fact an unfinished, reduced-size replica of the painting and an exact reproduction of it. Gisbert had produced other smaller replicas of some of his paintings, including The Communards and The Puritans. Here he reused a panel with another composition, as the X-radiograph shows. The texture of the paint on this support, which differs from that on the canvas, allows for a new appreciation of the work’s pictorial values and of Gisbert’s meticulous brushwork.

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Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Málaga

White chalk on paper, 1886 - 1887

Antonio Gisbert Pérez

Inventory number: P007733
Author: Antonio Gisbert Pérez
Title: Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Malaga
Date: After 1888
Technique: Oil
Support: Panel
Dimension: Height: 47 cm; Width: 71 cm
Entry date: 1999

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