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Pedro Romero Killing a Bull that He Has Subdued. Preparatory drawing for the etching, Tauromaquia, plate 30 (Pedro Romero matando á toro parado)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
about 1816
Medium/Technique
Red chalk on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 19.5 × 28.7 cm (7 11/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the Frederick J. Kennedy Memorial Foundation
Accession Number1973.696
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Gassier & Wilson 1211; Gassier II, 272
DescriptionPrepapratory drawing for 'Tauromaquia", pl.30
Marks
PDP Watermark Type: J. Honig and Zoonen beehive
Inscriptionsno inscriptions
ProvenanceEugene Loizelet (b. 1842 - d. 1882), Paris [see note 1]. 1869, Paul Lefort, Paris; January 28-29, 1869, Lefort sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris lot 123. Sophie Jay (b. about 1840), Frankfurt. Colnaghi, London. By 1931, Philip Hofer (b. 1898 - d. 1984), Cambridge, MA [see note 2]; 1974, sold by Philip Hofer, through R. M. Light (dealer), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1974)
NOTES: [1] According to Hofer. [2] Hofer’s collection of Goya prints was first offered to the MFA on June 13, 1973.
NOTES: [1] According to Hofer. [2] Hofer’s collection of Goya prints was first offered to the MFA on June 13, 1973.