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.

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Inventory number: P004612
Author: Eduardo Rosales Gallinas
Title: The Castle of La Mota (Medina del Campo)
Date: Ca. 1872
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Width: 31 cm; Height: 23 cm
Provenance: Acquired by the Museo de Arte Moderno, 1943; Museo de Arte Moderno, 1943-1968; Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, 1968-1971
Entry date: 1971

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Díez, Jose Luis, "Una nueva aclaración al catálogo de Rosales en el Museo del Prado" en: In sapientia libertas : escritos en homenaje al profesor Alf..., Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2007, pp. 686-692.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado. Catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 524.

Barón, Javier, 'Eduardo Rosales. Doña Blanca de Navarra entregada al captal de Buch', El legado de Carmen Sánchez: "La última lección", Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2021, pp. [o.r] 79-87.