Why it matters
Fortuny's huge panorama shows the Spanish army's 1860 victory at Tétouan in Morocco. He travelled to the front and based the painting on sketches made there, but never fully finished it.
Did you know?
- He worked on it from 1862 to 1864.
- It was commissioned by the Spanish government.
- Salvador Dalí painted his own Battle of Tétouan after it in 1962.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Battle of Tétouan (Fortuny) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
