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The Same Ceballos Mounted on Another Bull Breaks Short Spears in the Ring at Madrid
The Same Ceballos Mounted on Another Bull Breaks Short Spears in the Ring at Madrid
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The Same Ceballos Mounted on Another Bull Breaks Short Spears in the Ring at Madrid

Artist (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Date1816
Mediumetching and aquatint on cream laid paper
Dimensionsplate: 24.5 × 35.3 cm (9 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.)
sheet: 32 × 44.8 cm (12 5/8 × 17 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineSarah C. Garver Fund
Object number1965.40
Label TextScholars suspect that when Goya was a boy, he may have seen Ceballos ride a bull. That feat was so memorable that the artist included images of the event in both La Tauromaquia and Los toros de Burdeos suites of prints. The artist helped to crystallize Ceballos’s fame and legend with this signature motif of the torero riding a bucking bull. In this extraordinary image, the carefully individualized bullfighter turns one beast on another. Ceballos carries his lance and clings tightly while directing the horns, or “short spears,” of his mount at a wary bull standing in a defensive position.ProvenanceCraddock and Barnard, London, UK
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Image Not Available for 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) (plate 13)
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) (plate 13)
Francisco de Goya
1816
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)
Mariano Ceballos, Alias The Indian, Kills the Bull from His Horse (Mariano Ceballos, alias El Indio, mata el toro desde su caballo) (plate 23)
Francisco de Goya
1816
Image Not Available for The Same Man Throws a Bull in the Ring at Madrid (El mismo vuelca un toro en la plaza de Madrid) (plate 16)
The Same Man Throws a Bull in the Ring at Madrid (El mismo vuelca un toro en la plaza de Madrid) (plate 16)
Francisco de Goya
1816
When day breaks, we go (Si amanece, nos Vamos), Caprichos 71
When day breaks, we go (Si amanece, nos Vamos), Caprichos 71
Francisco de Goya
1799
Image Not Available for Another Madness of His in the Same Ring (Otra locura suya en la misma plaza) (plate 19)
Another Madness of His in the Same Ring (Otra locura suya en la misma plaza) (plate 19)
Francisco de Goya
1816
The Forceful Rendon Stabs a Bull with the Pique, from which Pass He Died in the Ring at Madrid
The Forceful Rendon Stabs a Bull with the Pique, from which Pass He Died in the Ring at Madrid
Francisco de Goya
1816
The Famous American, Mariano Ceballos
The Famous American, Mariano Ceballos
Francisco de Goya
1825
Image Not Available for The Unlucky Death of Pepe Illo in the Ring at Madrid (La desgraciada muerte de Pepe Illo en la plaza de Madrid) (plate 33)
The Unlucky Death of Pepe Illo in the Ring at Madrid (La desgraciada muerte de Pepe Illo en la plaza de Madrid) (plate 33)
Francisco de Goya
1816
Image Not Available for Dreadful Events in the Front Rows of the Ring at Madrid and Death of the Mayor of Terrejon (Desgracias acaecidas en el tiendido de la plaza de Madrid, y muerte del alcalde de Torrejon) (plate 21)
Dreadful Events in the Front Rows of the Ring at Madrid and Death of the Mayor of Terrejon (Desgracias acaecidas en el tiendido de la plaza de Madrid, y muerte del alcalde de Torrejon) (plate 21)
Francisco de Goya
1816
Image Not Available for The Agility and Audacity of Juanito Apinani in [the Ring] at Madrid (Ligereza y atrevimiento de Juanito Apinani ed la de Madrid) (plate 20)
The Agility and Audacity of Juanito Apinani in [the Ring] at Madrid (Ligereza y atrevimiento de Juanito Apinani ed la de Madrid) (plate 20)
Francisco de Goya
1816
Image Not Available for The Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull (El Cid Campeador lanceando otro toro) (plate 11)
The Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull (El Cid Campeador lanceando otro toro) (plate 11)
Francisco de Goya
1816
Two Teams of Picadors thrown one after another by a single Bull (plate 32)
Two Teams of Picadors thrown one after another by a single Bull (plate 32)
Francisco de Goya
1816