Last Moments of Ferdinand IV the Summoned (sketch)

1860. Oil on panel.
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This is the first rough sketch prior to the definitive preparatory piece (now at the Diputación de Palencia) of the picture held by the Museo del Prado (P5728). It shows the king Ferdinand IV of Castile on his deathbed, where he is confronted by the apparition of the brothers Juan and Pedro de Carvajal, unjustly executed by order of the monarch one month earlier, and said to have summoned him to appear before God for his crime.

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Last Moments of Ferdinand IV the Summoned

Oil on canvas, 1860

José Casado del Alisal

Inventory number: P008338
Author: José Casado del Alisal
Title: Last Moments of Ferdinand IV the Summoned (sketch)
Date: 1860
Technique: Oil
Support: Panel
Dimension: Height: 41 cm; Width: 32 cm
Provenance: Legacy of Juan José Luna Fernández, 2020
Entry date: 2020

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Barón, Javier, Legado Juan José Luna. Pintura del siglo XIX, en: Memoria de actividades del Museo Nacional del Prado 2020, Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte, Madrid, 2021, pp. 92-93.