Bullfight in a Divided Ring
Artist
Francisco de Goya
(Spanish, 1746–1828)
Date1825
Mediumlithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensionsimage: 30.4 × 41.3 cm (11 15/16 × 16 1/4 in.)
sheet: 45.5 × 60.8 cm (17 15/16 × 23 15/16 in.)
sheet: 45.5 × 60.8 cm (17 15/16 × 23 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMrs. Kingsmill Marrs Collection
Object number1926.681
DescriptionNo. 4 from Los Toros de Bordeos, 1825Label TextMore than any other lithograph pioneer, Goya explored the distinctive qualities of the new medium. For Los toros de Burdeos he propped the heavy slabs of Bavarian limestone on his easel to draw and scrape them at arm’s length, as if he were painting a canvas. The artist derived this print from his painting of 1810, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the lithograph he exaggerated an oblique perspective, bringing the viewer closer to the action. Goya presents two opposing relationships of bull to torero: a confident matador on the right, and a defiant bull at left.ProvenanceBy 1893, John J. Peoli [1825-1893], New York, NY. By 1926, Laura Norcross Marrs [1845-1926], Boston, MA; 1926, by bequest to the Worcester Art Museum.
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Francisco de Goya
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