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Maures combattant un taureau "embollado" et s'abritant derrière des ânes.: P.1159-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Maures combattant un taureau "embollado" et s'abritant derrière des ânes.
Translated as: The Moors use donkeys as a barrier to defend themselves against the bull whose horns have been tipped with balls.
La Taureaumachie - Plate 17

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
Printer: Beillet, A.
Publisher: Loizelet, Eugène

Entities

Categories

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1917-12) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

Dating

Production date: AD 1876 : Published in 1876

Note

Plate 17 from the third edition of La Tauromaquia: La Taureaumachie, Recueil de Quarante Estampes Inventées et Gravées à l'Eau-forte par Don Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Paris, Loizelet, Rue des Beaux-Arts, 12.

Third state, on Arches paper

School or Style

Spanish

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 244 mm Width 351 mm
Sheet Height 328 mm Width 490 mm

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Drypoint
Burnishing (printmaking)
Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 17
  • Location: Plate upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1159-R
Primary reference Number: 2844
Harris (Goya): 220 III.3
Delteil: 240
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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