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El Cid Campeador lanceando otro toro.: P.55-1937

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

El Cid Campeador lanceando otro toro.
Translated as: The Cid Campeador spearing another bull.
La Tauromaquia - Plate 11

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

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Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 216 mm
Width: 313 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

1810s
Production date: AD 1816

Note

Plate 11 from the first edition of La Tauromaquia, set of 33 plates made for Goya in 1816.

Third state, on Sierra paper, cut impression

School or Style

Spanish

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Burnishing (printmaking)
Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Goya
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.55-1937
Primary reference Number: 2502
Harris (Goya): 214 III.1
Delteil: 234 IV

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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