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The daring of Martincho in the ring at Saragossa, plate 18 from The Art of Bullfighting

A work made of etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1814/16, published 1816

Artist:

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828

About this artwork

Francisco de Goya was an enthusiastic bullfighting aficionado and even claimed to have been a torero (bullfighter) in his younger years. Yet it is unlikely that he meant this print series to be seen only as a fan’s outline of the history of bullfighting in Spain. In the early 19th century, when Goya published these prints, bullfighting was a politically charged activity. It was seen either as bread and circus (or pan y toros [bread and bulls], as a reformist tract put it), meant to keep the populace distracted, or as an expression of Spanish nationalism—a spectacle imbued with patriotic fervor.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Title

The daring of Martincho in the ring at Saragossa, plate 18 from The Art of Bullfighting

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1814–1816

Medium

Etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 20.5 × 30.5 cm (8 1/8 × 12 1/16 in.); Plate: 24.9 × 35.5 cm (9 13/16 × 14 in.); Sheet: 32.1 × 44.5 cm (12 11/16 × 17 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.3378.18

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