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El famoso Martincho poniendo banderillas al quiebro. (The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his body); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 15

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815–16; published 1816

Medium/Technique Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, and burin; first edition
Dimensions Platemark: 24.5 x 35.2 cm (9 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 31.2 x 44.4 cm (12 5/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1974.271
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 218, III, 1; Delteil 0238
DescriptionFirst edition, published 1816 (H. III, 1).
('b' on MORATO paper)
Marks PDP Watermark Type: Watermark: Morato
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen (1882-1955), Boston; bequest of April 1974