- Cronología
- Ca. 1814 - 1816
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 192 x 295 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Sanguine on laid paper
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 01 Oct 2021 / 22 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- D4378
2 (in pencil; recto, lower right-hand corner)
Engraving (reverse, top centre)
1 [Under the annotation "Engraving"] (reverse, upper centre)
212 (reverse, lower centre)
Watermark: J HONIG / & / ZOONEN
See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside.
Javier Goya, Madrid, 1828; Mariano Goya, Madrid, 1854; Valentín Carderera, Madrid, c. 1861; Mariano Carderera, Madrid, 1880; Prado Museum, 1886.
See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside.
This very luminous scene is a preparatory drawing for the print The Moors are doing another bullfight in the square in their bathrobes. Matilla describes the figures of the main characters as being quite accurately drawn: two Moors and a bull, with some spectators peering out from behind a stage in the background. The main figures have been criticised for what appears to be an anachronism in the costumes, which demonstrates the artist's intention to remake the history of bullfighting from images he himself witnessed.
Of particular interest in this scene is the presence of a burladero with spectators, as is also seen in the engraving Cape another enclosed one. The audience, Matilla comments, plays an important role in the composition of the series, especially in the modern scenography, as they provide clues as to Goya's true position on this bullfighting festival which maintains an important level of public spectacle. However, as the series progresses, the spectators also become protagonists and participants in the celebration.
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Madrid2002
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Goya en tiempos de guerraMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid2008consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués, from April 14th to July 13th 2008cat. 148
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908pp. il. CX
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1946pp. 185, 189-190
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 155
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ParísLe Club Français du Livre1963p. 56
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 277, n. 1160
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TokyoMinisterio de Auntos Exteriores1971p. 86
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Barcelona1974pp. 6, 11
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975pp. 340-341
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Goya's prints: the Tomás Harris Collection in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum Press1981p. 68
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2001pp. 50-51
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Goya en tiempos de guerraMadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2008pp. 420-421