Plate 1 from "La Tauromaquia": The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country, Francisco de Goya

Plate 1 from "La Tauromaquia": The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country

Plate 1 from "La Tauromaquia": The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish) (1746-1828)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1816
Medium: Etching, aquatint, drypoint
Dimensions: 24.8 × 35 cm
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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Plate 3 from " La Tauromaquia": The Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open

Plate 3 from " La Tauromaquia": The Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open

Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules

Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules

Plate 10 from "La Tauromaquia": Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at Valladolid

Plate 10 from "La Tauromaquia": Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at Valladolid

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his body

Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his body

Plate 18 of "La 'Tauromaquia": The daring of Martincho in the ring at Zaragoza

Plate 18 of "La 'Tauromaquia": The daring of Martincho in the ring at Zaragoza

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid

Plate 20 from "La Tauromaquia": The agility and audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the ring] at Madrid

Plate 21 from "La Tauromaquia": Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Torrejon

Plate 21 from "La Tauromaquia": Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Torrejon

Plate 23 from "La Tauromaquia": Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse

Plate 23 from "La Tauromaquia": Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse