The Castle of La Mota (Medina del Campo)
Ca. 1872. Oil on canvas.Not on display
This is a preparatory study for the architectural setting of Queen Joan on the Ramparts of the Castle of La Mota (P8288), now in the Prado’s collection, for which Rosales also produced a sizeable group of drawings (D5117, D9570) indicative of the work’s importance for him. The canvas is painted with a loose, summary brushstroke in a range of earth tones that emphasise the fabric of the castle, located in the province of Valladolid.