Francisco de Goya

Bullfight

Clasificación
Bullfight
Datos Generales
Cronología
1825
Dimensiones
330 x 415 mm
Técnica y soporte
Piedra litográfica, lápiz y rascador, tinta negra, papel avitelado
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Ficha: realización/revisión
21 Feb 2011 / 17 Apr 2023
Inventario
225
Otros títulos:
Corrida
Cogida de un torero en la plaza
Inscripciones

Goya (in the spot, bottom left).

Bodeaux 1825 (in the spot, bottom right).

Historia

See The mourning and The celebrated American.

There was no edition of this lithograph, as it was discarded by Goya due to a fault in the distribution of shadows. Only this single proof is known, which comes from the Matheron collection and was acquired by the Ville de Bordeaux in 1898.

Análisis artístico

The fifth print is considered to be part of The Bulls of Bordeaux, although it was discarded by the artist due to its lack of quality and could be a first rehearsal. The signature, the place and the date written on the stone recall GOya´s habit of signing and dating the first copperplates each time he began a new series. 

Although this lithograph was almost unknown until 1946, Goya's first biographer, Matheron, already spoke in 1858 of the "Cinq courses de taureaux: Aut. 31 cent. Larg. 41 cent."

As in Brave Bull, the scene is reminiscent of the bullfight with the Sevillian bullfighter Pepe Hillo. The bullfighter is shown hooked by the bull's right horn. A picador, on the left, comes up with his pike which he drives into the bull's body. Another does the same to the bull's hindquarters, a standing bullfighter jabs the bull with his pike from behind in one leg, while two other bullfighters hang on to its tail in an attempt to stop its animal fury. In the foreground, a fallen horse lies dying in a pool of blood.

At the back of the ring is a chaotic mass of horses, corpses and bullfighters. In the background, behind the curve of the barrier, is a barely sketched audience.

Exposiciones
  • De grafiek van Goya
    Rijksmuseum Rijksprentenkabinet
    Amsterdam
    1970
    from November 13th 1970 to January 17th 1971
  • Goya grabador
    Fundación Juan March
    Madrid
    1994
    consultant editors Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez and Julián Gállego, from January 14th to March 20th 1994
Bibliografía
  • MATHERON, Laurent
    Goya
    París
    1858
    p. 125
  • HARRIS, Tomás
    Goya engravings and lithographs, vol. I y II.
    OxfordBruno Cassirer
    1964
    p. 429, cat. 287
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 363, cat. 1706
  • VEGA, Jesusa
    Origen de la litografía en España. El real establecimiento litográfico
    MadridFabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre
    1990
    p. 363, cat. 33
  • SANTIAGO, Elena M. (coordinadora)
    Catálogo de las estampas de Goya en la Biblioteca Nacional
    MadridMinisterio de Educación y Cultura, Biblioteca Nacional
    1996
    p. 272, cat.11
  • CARRETE PARRONDO, Juan
    Goya. Estampas. Grabado y litografía
    BarcelonaElecta ediciones
    2007
    pp. 40-44, 346 y 374, núm. 282
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