The Surrender of Granada

La rendición de Granada
ArtistFrancisco Pradilla Ortiz
Year1882
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions330 cm × 550 cm (130 in × 220 in)
LocationPalacio del Senado, Madrid, Spain

La rendición de Granada (English:The Surrender of Granada) is a work by the Spanish painter Francisco Pradilla Ortiz completed in 1882, which is located in the Conference Room or Salón de los Pasos Perdidos of the Spanish Senate Palace.[1]

This large (3.3 meters high by 5.5 meters wide) oil on canvas depicts the surrender of Boabdil, last ruler of the Emirate of Granada, to Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille on 2 January 1492, thus marking the end of the Reconquista.[1]

  1. ^ a b Miguel, Pilar de, ed. (1999). El arte en el Senado. Madrid: Dirección de Estudios y Documentación, Departamento de Publicaciones, Secretaría General del Senado. pp. 294, 296 & 298. ISBN 978-84-88802-35-4.

The Surrender of Granada

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