Francisco GOYA y Lucientes

A Spanish mounted knight in the ring breaking short spears without the help of assistants
(Un caballero español en plaza quebrando rejoncillos sin auxilio de los chulos)
(c. 1815-1816); published 1816
plate 13 from La Tauromaquia (The Art of Bullfighting) series (c. 1815–16), published 1816

Medium

etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the National Art-Collections Fund, 1919

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin

Measurements

20.2 × 30.6 cm (image) 24.7 × 35.0 cm (plate) 26.8 × 37.0 cm (sheet)

Place/s of Execution

Madrid, Spain

Catalogue/s Raisonné

Harris 216.III.1

Edition

1st edition

Printing/Publishing

published by Goya, Madrid

Inscription

printed in ink 13
inscribed in pencil E81
stamped in red ink CLR (Lugt 595: Rutherston)
stamped in blue ink on reverse PUBLIC LIBRAY OF VICTORIA

Accession Number

1998.255.13

Departments

International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the National Art-Collections Fund, 1919
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

Series

The art of bullfighting

Part of series

The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country

Part of series

Another way of hunting on foot

Part of series

The Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open country

Part of series

They play another with the cape in an enclosure

Part of series

The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to rules

Part of series

The Moors make a different play in the ring, calling the bull with their burnous

Part of series

The rabble hamstring the bull with lances, sickles, banderillas and other weapons

Part of series

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

Part of series

The famous Martincho places the 'banderillas' playing the bull with the movement of his body

Part of series

The same man throws a bull in the ring at Madrid

Part of series

The Moors use donkeys as a barrier to defend themselves against the bull whose horns have been tipped with balls

Part of series

The daring of Martincho in the ring at Zaragoza

Part of series

Another madness of his in the same ring

Part of series

Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid, and death of the mayor of Torrejon

Part of series

Manly courage of the celebrated Pajuelera in (the ring) at Zaragoza

Part of series

Mariano Ceballos, alias The Indian, kills the bull from his horse

Part of series

The same Ceballos mounted on another bull breaks short spears in the ring at Madrid

Part of series

They loose dogs on the bull

Part of series

A picador is unhorsed and falls under the bull

Part of series

The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at Madrid

Part of series

Pepe Illo making the pass of the recorte

Part of series

Pedro Romero killing the halted bull

Part of series

Banderillas with firecrackers

Part of series

The unlucky death of Pepe Illo in the ring at Madrid

Part of series

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The art of bullfighting

The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country

Another way of hunting on foot

The Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open country

They play another with the cape in an enclosure

The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to rules

The Moors make a different play in the ring, calling the bull with their burnous

Origin of the harpoons or banderillas

A Moor caught by the bull in the ring

A Spanish knight kills a bull after having lost his horse

Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at Valladolid

The Cid Campeador spearing another bull

The rabble hamstring the bull with lances, sickles, banderillas and other weapons

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

The famous Martincho places the 'banderillas' playing the bull with the movement of his body

The same man throws a bull in the ring at Madrid

The Moors use donkeys as a barrier to defend themselves against the bull whose horns have been tipped with balls

The daring of Martincho in the ring at Zaragoza

Another madness of his in the same ring

Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid, and death of the mayor of Torrejon

Manly courage of the celebrated Pajuelera in (the ring) at Zaragoza

Mariano Ceballos, alias The Indian, kills the bull from his horse

The same Ceballos mounted on another bull breaks short spears in the ring at Madrid

They loose dogs on the bull

A picador is unhorsed and falls under the bull

The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at Madrid

Pepe Illo making the pass of the recorte

Pedro Romero killing the halted bull

Banderillas with firecrackers

The unlucky death of Pepe Illo in the ring at Madrid

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The art of bullfighting

The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country

Another way of hunting on foot

The Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open country

They play another with the cape in an enclosure

The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to rules

The Moors make a different play in the ring, calling the bull with their burnous

Origin of the harpoons or banderillas

A Moor caught by the bull in the ring

A Spanish knight kills a bull after having lost his horse

Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at Valladolid

The Cid Campeador spearing another bull

The rabble hamstring the bull with lances, sickles, banderillas and other weapons

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

The famous Martincho places the 'banderillas' playing the bull with the movement of his body

The same man throws a bull in the ring at Madrid

The Moors use donkeys as a barrier to defend themselves against the bull whose horns have been tipped with balls

The daring of Martincho in the ring at Zaragoza

Another madness of his in the same ring

Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid, and death of the mayor of Torrejon

Manly courage of the celebrated Pajuelera in (the ring) at Zaragoza

Mariano Ceballos, alias The Indian, kills the bull from his horse

The same Ceballos mounted on another bull breaks short spears in the ring at Madrid

They loose dogs on the bull

A picador is unhorsed and falls under the bull

The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at Madrid

Pepe Illo making the pass of the recorte

Pedro Romero killing the halted bull

Banderillas with firecrackers

The unlucky death of Pepe Illo in the ring at Madrid

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