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Temeridad de Martincho en la plaza de Zaragoza. (Martincho's recklessness in the ring at Zaragoza); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 18
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815–16
Medium/Technique
Etching; working proof
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.7 x 30.7 cm (7 3/4 x 12 1/16 in.), trimmed to within platemark.
Credit Line
Museum purchase in honor of Eleanor A. Sayre by her friends and colleagues
Accession Number1984.524
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 221, I, 1; Delteil 0241
DescriptionWorking proof, before aquatint with burnishing (H. I, 1).
Marks
Verso, stamp, castle tower (Lugt 5581), mark of Richard H. Zinser (the stamp created by Zinser's daughter).
ProvenanceM. Lhardy. 1935, Georges Provôt, Paris; April 10, 1935, Provôt (“Monsieur P. G.”) sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 96. Gabriel Cognacq (b. 1880 – d. 1951), Paris (Lugt 538d); February 23-24, 1953, posthumous Cognacq sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 288, to Richard Zinser (dealer; b. 1884 - d. 1984), Forest Hills, NY (Lugt 5581); 1984, by inheritance to his daughter, Susanna A. Rosenborg; sold by Susanna Rosenborg to Nicholas Stogdon (dealer), New York; 1984, sold by Nicholas Stogdon to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 1984)