- Cronología
- 1814 - 1816
- Dimensiones
- 246 x 354 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Aguafuerte, aguatinta, punta seca, buril y bruñidor
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 01 Oct 2021 / 22 Jun 2023
- Inventario
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4 (print, upper right-hand corner)
See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside
The plate is kept at the National Chalcography.
See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside
The print is part of the subgroup, within the group of "historical" scenes of bullfighting (Nos. 1-11), dedicated to the bullfighting of the Moors (Nos. 3-8 and 17), although Goya may have been inspired by bullfights held in Madrid during the time of Joseph Bonaparte in which Mamluk soldiers (Egyptian Muslims who belonged to the Napoleonic armies) took part.
On this occasion, unlike the previous ones, the scene takes place in an enclosure enclosed by a wooden barrier in the manner of a primitive bullring, with a few spectators looking out of it. The energetic, nervous-looking bull stands in the foreground with his back to the viewer, and the three men are arranged diagonally in different positions. The one in the background is seated on the ground, attracting the animal's attention, while the first one is fighting with a cape in his hands and his back to the bull, performing an "Aragonese-style" pass, which some authors say was invented by Pepe Hillo and which in this picture would seem anachronistic.
The sketch to the present print, also entitled Another one locked up, has been preserved.
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Grabados y dibujos de Goya en la Biblioteca NacionalBiblioteca NacionalMadrid1946catalogue Elena Páez Ríos
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Boston1974
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1975
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Goya en la Biblioteca Nacional. Exposición de grabados y dibujos en el sesquicentenario de su muerteBiblioteca NacionalMadrid1978May - June 1978
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Grabados de Goya: colección propiedad de la Biblioteca Nacional, que se conserva en su Gabinete deCasa de la Amistad de MoscúMoscow1979exhibition displayed from January 18th to 31st 1979
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1984
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Madrid1987
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Madrid1990
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Goya grabadorFundación Juan MarchMadrid1994consultant editors Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez and Julián Gállego, from January 14th to March 20th 1994
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Goya grabadorMuseo del Grabado Español ContemporáneoMarbella1996from March 8th to May 5th 1996
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Zaragoza1996
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Schlaf der Vernunft. Original radierungen von Francisco de GoyaMunich2000
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Madrid2002
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Madrid2002
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Bilbao2012
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Zaragoza2017
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1946pp. 177-216, espec. pp. 185 y 188-189
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OxfordBruno Cassirer1964vol. II, 1964, pp. 317, cat. 207
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 276, cat. 1155
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The Changing image: Prints by Francisco GoyaBostonMuseum of Fine Arts1974p. 215, cat. 167
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Goya, toros y torerosMadridMinisterio de Cultura, Comunidad de Madrid1990p. 87, cat. 18
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2001pp. 46-48
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Goya. In the Norton Simon MuseumPasadenaNorton Simon Museum2016pp. 186-201