About This Artwork

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828

A Spanish knight kills the bull after having lost his horse, plate nine from The Art of Bullfighting, 1814/16, published 1816

Etching, burnished aquatint and burin on ivory laid paper
204 x 313 mm (image); 247 x 353 mm (plate); 330 x 447 mm (sheet)
The Charles Deering Collection, 1927.3378.9

Harris 212 III/III (1st edition); Delteil 232 III/IV; Gassier and Wilson III.1165; Pérez Sánchez & Gállego 9