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Palenque de los moros hecho con burros para defenderse del toro embolado. (Barricades that the Moors made with donkeys to defend themselves from a bull with covered horns); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 17
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815–16; published 1816
Medium/Technique
Etching, burnished aquatint, burin, drypoint, and scratches; first edition
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.2 x 35 cm (9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 32.1 x 44.6 cm (12 5/8 x 17 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 32.1 x 44.6 cm (12 5/8 x 17 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1974.273
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 220, III, 1; Delteil 0240
DescriptionFirst edition, published 1816 (H. III, 1).
Marks
PDP Watermark Type: No watermark
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen (1882-1955), Boston; bequest April 1974