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Vandrillas de fuego
Banderillas de fuego. (Banderillas with firecrackers); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 31
Vandrillas de fuego
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815; published 1816
Medium/Technique
Etching, burnished lavis (sulfur or mottled tint), resin and salt aquatint, drypoint, and burin, on laid paper; first edition
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.4 x 35.2 cm (9 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 32.3 x 44.8 cm (12 11/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 32.3 x 44.8 cm (12 11/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1974.287
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 234, III, 1; Delteil 0254: Gassier & Wilson 1212
DescriptionFirst edition, published 1816 (H. III, 1).
Marks
Verso: MFA stamp in brown ink (Lugt 282), with accession number in graphte
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 — d. 1955; Lugt 3593),Boston; 1974, bequest to MFA (Accession Date: April 10, 1974)