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The Famous American, Mariano Ceballos (from the so-caled "Bulls of Bordeaux" series)
El Famoso Americano, Mariano Ceballos; from the so-called "Bulls of Bordeaux" series of four lithographs
The Famous American, Mariano Ceballos (from the so-caled "Bulls of Bordeaux" series)
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 lithograph and scraper, on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 31 x 40.5 cm (12 3/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Image with letters: 33.5 x 40.5 cm (13 3/16 x 15 15.16 in)
Sheet: 44.7 x 55.1 cm (17 5/8 x 21 11/16 in.)
Image with letters: 33.5 x 40.5 cm (13 3/16 x 15 15.16 in)
Sheet: 44.7 x 55.1 cm (17 5/8 x 21 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number21.10655
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 283, II; Delteil 286: Gassier & Wilson 1707
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
InscriptionsIn stone, within image: Goya; In margin, l.l: Déposé; l. c:: El Famoso Americano, Mariano Ceballos; l.r.: lith. de Gaulon
ProvenanceEdmond Sagot (b. 1857- d. 1917), Paris; Maurice Le Garrec (son of Sagot), Paris; 1921, purchased by MFA (Accession Date: December 31, 1921)