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The moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open.
Tauromaquia (Bullfighting) 3
De los Moros (the Moors)
Los moros establecidos en España, prescindiendo de las supersticiones de su Alcorán, adoptaron esta caza y arte, y lancean un toro en el campo. (The moors settled in Spain...); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 3
The moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open.
Tauromaquia (Bullfighting) 3
De los Moros (the Moors)
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: 24.0 x 35.0 cm (9 7/16 x 13 3/4 in.) Sheet: 9.2 x 39 cm (11 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession Number2002.521
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 206, III (first edition)
InscriptionsU.r. in burin: 3
ProvenanceEleanor A. Sayre, Cambridge, MA; bequest to MFA