The Battle of Tétouan (Fortuny)
| The battle of Tétouan | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Mariano Fortuny |
| Year | 1862-1864 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Location | Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona Catalonia, Spain |
The Battle of Tétouan is an 1862–1864 painting by the Spanish-Catalan painter Mariano Fortuny portraying the eponymous 1860 Battle of Tétouan where the Spanish Army defeated the Moroccan Army (then made up of tribal levies) to take the port city of Tétouan.
Fortuny was commissioned by the Spanish government to depict the Spanish-Moroccan War, which lasted from 1859 to 1860. In 1860, he traveled to the front with the Spanish army. The sketches he made during that journey later served as the basis for this painting,[1][2] which was never fully completed.
In 1962 Salvador Dalí did his own painting of The Battle of Tétouan after this work by Fortuny.[3]
The painting is in the permanent collection of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.[4]
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References
- ^ Cavaliers, Bézier (October 26, 2024). "Mariano Fortuny – La Batalla de Tetuán".
- ^ "The Battle of Tetouan – Marià Fortuny". Google Arts & Culture.
- ^ "'The Battle of Tetouan' of Fortuny. From the Trench to the Museum". Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. December 4, 2013.
- ^ "The Battle of Tetouan". Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. December 5, 2013.