- Cronología
- 1814 - 1816
- Dimensiones
- 246 x 352 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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16 (print, upper right-hand corner)
See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside
A state proof of this print before aquatint and burnisher is preserved in the Dutuit Collection, Musée du Petit Palais, Paris (Dut. 5421).
The plate is kept at the National Chalcography (nº 349).
See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside
In this print Goya represents another of the achievements of the famous Aragonese bullfighter Martincho, executed in this case, as the title indicates, in the bullring of Madrid, although the spatial references are almost non-existent. This action by the bullfighter is what Goya would later call madness, and in it we see how the bullfighter grabs the bull by the horn and tail in an attempt to knock the animal down. This type of action was not usually performed during the bullfight, so we can imagine that they were Martincho's original occurrences. The images dedicated to Martincho in Bullfighting (Nos. 15, 16, 18 and 19) and their extensions (H) are all very suggestive. Goya always depicts him with strength and poise even in the midst of his actions, in some cases considered madness.
The loneliness of the figure in this composition is emphasised by the aquatint background. The couple on the right contrasts with the bullfighter and the bull, which gives balance to the scene.
Luján explains that Goya depicted Martincho on several occasions throughout the series because that is how he remembered his youth. Glendinning, for his part, relates the scene to Nicolás F. de Moratín, who in his famous bullfighting text mentions the brave Mamon, which connects his writing with the print. In relation to this, Sayre notes that the title handwritten by Goya on the Boston copy, The Famous Mamon, differs from the title of the definitive edition of the Bullfighting, which refers to the immediately preceding print, 15, The Famous Martincho Putting Flagpulls at the Break, changing the identity of the bullfighter. He also refers to Pedro de la Cruz, nicknamed "el Mamón". Martínez-Novillo also emphasises the debate about the identity of the protagonist of the engraving, Martincho or Pedro de la Cruz "Mamón".
There is a preparatory drawing of this print, also titled The same overturns a bull in the bullring of Madrid
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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. 197-198
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BarcelonaTartessos-F. Oliver Branchfelt1946 (reed. 1951)
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1961pp. 120-127
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OxfordBruno Cassirer1964vol. II, 1964, pp. 330-331, cat. 219
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 278, cat. 1182
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The Changing image: Prints by Francisco GoyaBostonMuseum of Fine Arts1974pp. 223-224, cat. 176
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MilwakeeMilwaukee Art Museum1986p. 24
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Goya, toros y torerosMadridMinisterio de Cultura, Comunidad de Madrid1990p. 99, cat. 31
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MadridCaser-Turner1992pp. 31-32
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Goya y Aragón. Familia, amistades y encargos artísticoscol. Col. Mariano de Pano y RuataZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de la Inmaculada de Aragón1995p. 225
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Catálogo de las estampas de Goya en la Biblioteca NacionalMadridMinisterio de Educación y Cultura, Biblioteca Nacional1996cat. 337
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2001pp. 67-68
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Goya. In the Norton Simon MuseumPasadenaNorton Simon Museum2016pp. 186-201