The canvas represents the last moments of ferdinand iv the placed (1285-1312), king of castile and león, who died in the city of jaén on september 7, 1312. According to legend, the king was summoned to appear before god by the carvajal brothers, knights of the order of calatrava, whom the monarch had thrown into an iron cage with sharp points inside, from the summit of the peña de martos, located in the province of jaén. The monarch, according to the chronicle of fernando iv, as well as the chronicle of alfonso xi, died thirty days after the carvajal brothers were executed, thus fulfilling the deadline that both had imposed on him, that he would appear before god after thirty days. Object Type: painting. Date: 1860. Place of creation: Spain. Dimensions: height: 318 cm (10.4 ft); width: 248 cm (97.6 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Ferdinand IV of Castile. Collection: Museo del Prado. Últimos momentos del rey Fernando IV de Castilla y León
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