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Temeridad de Martincho en la plaza de Zaragoza. (Martincho's recklessness in the ring at Zaragoza); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 18

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815–16; published 1816

Medium/Technique Etching and aquatint with burnishing on laid paper; first edition
Dimensions Platemark: 24.5 x 35.2 cm (9 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 25.8 x 36.5 cm (10 3/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard
Accession Number25.1173
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 221, III, 1; Delteil 241; Gassier & Wilson 1186
DescriptionFirst edition, published 1816 (H. III, 1).
Marks Verso: MFA stamp in brown ink (Lugt 282) with ledger no. (30826) in graphite.
In graphite: E.C.
InscriptionsU.r. in burin: 18
ProvenanceProbably Francis Bullard (b. 1862 - d. 1913) Boston, 1913 by inheritence to his siter Katherine Eliot Bullard (b. 1866- d. 1920), Boston; 1920, by inheritance to her cousin, Ellen Twistleton Bullard (b. 1865–d. 1959), Boston; 1925, gift of Ellen Twistleton Bullard to the MFA (Accession Date: Nov. 1, 1925.).