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Pepe Illo making the Pass of the "Recorte"
Pepe Illo making the Pass of the "Recorte"
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Pepe Illo making the Pass of the "Recorte"

Artist (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Date1816
Mediumetching and aquatint on cream laid paper
Dimensionsplate: 24.3 × 34.9 cm (9 9/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
sheet: 32.3 × 43.8 cm (12 11/16 × 17 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineSarah C. Garver Fund
Object number1965.45
Label TextPepe Hillo was the nickname of José Delgado Guerra, one of the most skilled and popular matadors of the eighteenth century. His treatise La Tauromaquia, o Arte de torear remains the definitive study of modern bullfighting—and the namesake for Goya’s print series. Pepe Hillo claimed that style, flamboyance, and entertainment are more important than technical precision in the bullring. In the course of his career he was seriously wounded thirteen times before a fatal bullfight.ProvenanceCraddock and Barnard, London, UK
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Image Not Available for Two Teams of Picadors Thrown One After the Other by a Single Bull (Dos grupos de picadores arrollados de seguida por un solo toro) (plate 32)
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Francisco de Goya
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Francisco de Goya
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Francisco de Goya
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Image Not Available for The Origin of Harpoons or Banderillas (Origen de los arpones ó banderillas), (plate 7)
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Francisco de Goya
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Image Not Available for The Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull (El Cid Campeador lanceando otro toro) (plate 11)
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Francisco de Goya
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Image Not Available for Mariano Ceballos, Alias The Indian, Kills the Bull from His Horse (Mariano Ceballos, alias El Indio, mata el toro desde su caballo) (plate 23)
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Francisco de Goya
1816
The Same Ceballos Mounted on Another Bull Breaks Short Spears in the Ring at Madrid
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Francisco de Goya
1816
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Francisco de Goya
1816
Image Not Available for Another Way of Hunting on Foot (Otro modo de cazar á pie) (plate 2)
Another Way of Hunting on Foot (Otro modo de cazar á pie) (plate 2)
Francisco de Goya
1816