The executed
Ca. 1850. Oil on canvas.Not on display
This work depicts a man sitting on a public scaffold, with shackles on his hands and feet. There are masses of people on the right and there are also people on the left, but to a much lesser extent. The painter uses impasto and loose brushstrokes.
This is one of his most intense paintings and, therefore, one of those that most closely resembles the Goyaesque spirit. The artist combines the dark and stark character of the motif with an unmade technique, with substantial matter and an intonation in ochres and greys, which is consistent with the most traditional Spanish pictorial tradition.
Diez, J.L; Barón, J., El siglo XIX en el Prado, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2007, p.39-40
