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Pedro Romero matando á toro parando. (Pedro Romero killing a bull that he has subdued); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 30


Pedro Romero Killing a Bull that He Has Subdued (Pedro Romero matando á toro parado) Tauromaquia (Bullfighting ) 30
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1815–16; published 1816

Medium/Technique Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and burin, on laid paper; first edition
Dimensions Platemark: 24.7 x 35.7 cm (9 3/4 x 14 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 31.7 x 44.8 cm (12 1/2 x 17 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1974.286
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 233, III, 1; Delteil 0253; Gassier & Wilson 1210
DescriptionFirst edition, published 1816 (H. III, 1).
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 — d. 1955; Lugt 3593),Boston; 1974, bequest to MFA (Accession Date: April 10, 1974)