The work represents the moment when king peter i of castile (1334-1369) was murdered by his half-brother, henry ii of trastámara, and the character who appears standing and holding king peter i so that his brother could kill him is the famous french constable bertrand du guesclin, who according to tradition on that occasion uttered the famous phrase: "i neither remove nor make a king, but i help my lord. " this painting was presented at the fine arts exhibition of 1884, where it won the third class medal, and was acquired by the spanish state and is currently in the faculty of philosophy and letters of the university of zaragoza. Object Type: painting. Date: 1883. Dimensions: height: 250 cm (98.4 in); width: 300 cm (118.1 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museo del Prado. La muerte del Rey Don Pedro I de Castilla
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