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Bravo Toro
Picador Caught by a Bull; from the so-called "Bulls of Bordeaux" series of four lithographs
Bravo Toro
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Printer: Cyprien Charles Marie Nicholas Gaulon (French (Bordeaux), 1777–1858)
Printer: Cyprien Charles Marie Nicholas Gaulon (French (Bordeaux), 1777–1858)
1825
Medium/Technique
Crayon iithograph and scraper, on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 31 x 41 cm (12 3/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 45 x 55.9 cm (17 11/16 x 22 in.)
Sheet: 45 x 55.9 cm (17 11/16 x 22 in.)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number21.10656
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 284, II; Delteil 287: Gassier & Wilson 1708
DescriptionPrinted by Gaulon, Bordeaux, France November 17, 29, and December 23, 1825. These four bullfighting images [21.10656, 21.10657, 21.10658, 21.10655] are usually referred to as the "Bulls of Bordeaux"
Edition size: 100
Edition size: 100
Signed
Signed In stone, l.l.: Goya
Marks
Verso: MFA stamp in brown ink (Lugt 282), with accession number in graphite
ProvenanceEdmond Sagot (b. 1857- d. 1917), Paris; Maurice Le Garrec (son of Sagot), Paris; 1921, purchased by MFA (Accession Date: December 31, 1921)