The painting recreates the final moment of the legend of the bell of huesca, when king ramiro ii of aragon showed the nobles of his kingdom the severed heads, and arranged in the shape of a bell, of the main nobles who had challenged his authority. José casado del alisal obtained an honorable mention with this work at the national exhibition of fine arts of spain in 1881, and was also awarded the grand cross of the order of isabella the catholic, although he was already a commander of the order of carlos iii, and a year later, in 1882, the canvas was acquired by the spanish state for the amount of 35,000 pesetas. The canvas belongs to the collection of the prado museum, although it has been deposited and has been exhibited in the huesca city council since 1950. Object Type: painting. Date: 1880. Place of creation: Spain. Dimensions: height: 356 cm (11.6 ft); width: 474 cm (15.5 ft). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museo del Prado. La campana de Huesca
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