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The very skilful Student of Falces, wrapped in his cape, tricks the bull with the play of his body

The very skilful Student of Falces, wrapped in his cape, tricks the bull with the play of his body
(El diestrísimo estudiante de Falces, embozado burla al toro con sus quiebros)
(c. 1815-1816); published 1876
plate 14 in La Tauromaquia (The Art of Bullfighting) series (c. 1815–16), published 1876

Medium
etching, aquatint, lavis, burnisher, drypoint and burin; reworking mainly in roulette

Measurements
26.8 × 37.1 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Harris 217.III.3

Edition
3rd edition

Printing/Publishing
published by Eugène Loizelet, Paris

Accession Number
2086-4

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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