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El modo con que los antiguos españoles cazaban los Toros á caballo en el campo.
Modo con que los antiguos españoles cazaban los toros á caballo en el campo. (The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 1
El modo con que los antiguos españoles cazaban los Toros á caballo en el campo.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815–16; published 1816
Medium/Technique
Etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint; first edition
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.9 × 34.8 cm (9 13/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 32 × 44 cm (12 5/8 × 17 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 32 × 44 cm (12 5/8 × 17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1974.257
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 204, III, 1; Delteil 0224; Gassier and Wilson 1149
DescriptionFirst edition, published 1816 (H. III, 1).
Marks
PDP Watermark Type: Watermark - SERRA
InscriptionsIn plate, u.r. in burin: 1;
On verso, in graphite: E.H.
On verso, in graphite: E.H.
ProvenanceW.G. (William Goodwin) Russell Allen (b. 1882 — d. 1955; Lugt 3593),Boston; 1974, bequest to MFA (Accession Date: April 10, 1974)