King Don Rodrigo addressing his troops at the Battle of Guadalete, Bernardo Blanco y Pérez, 1871

The canvas shows don rodrigo († 711), the last king of the visigoths, battle of guadalete, which was fought in the year 711 in the vicinity of the guadalete river and where the monarch himself would die and the visigoth army would be crushingly defeated by the muslim army that had invaded spain. Object Type: painting. Date: 1871. Dimensions: height: 58 cm (22.8 in); width: 78 cm (30.7 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museo del Prado. El rey Don Rodrigo arengando a sus tropas en la batalla de Guadalete (Museo del Prado)