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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)
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)

Artist (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Date1816
Mediumetching and aquatint on cream laid paper
Dimensionsplate: 24.6 x 35.4 cm; sheet: 31.8 x 43.8 cm
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineSarah C. Garver Fund
Object number1965.29
Label TextScholars have offered a variety of interpretations about the picador’s identity in this print. His vaguely seventeenth-century costume suggests that he may represent the Duke of Medina-Sidonia. Nicolás Fernández Moratín’s history of bullfighting, Goya’s primary literary source for La Tauromaquia, indicates that the Duke killed two bulls with two lances during celebrations for the wedding of Charles II in 1679. Others identify the figure as Don Bernardino Canal who also fought in this manner for the King Philip V in 1725.ProvenanceCraddock and Barnard, London, UK
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Image Not Available for The Rabble Hamstring the Bull with Lances, Sickles, Banderillas, and Other Arms (Un caballero Español en plaza quebrando rejoncillos sin auxilio de los chulos) (plate 12)
The Rabble Hamstring the Bull with Lances, Sickles, Banderillas, and Other Arms (Un caballero Español en plaza quebrando rejoncillos sin auxilio de los chulos) (plate 12)
Francisco de Goya
1816
Image Not Available for A Spanish Knight Kills the Bull After Having Lost His Horse (Un caballero Español mata un toro despues perdido el caballo) (plate 9)
A Spanish Knight Kills the Bull After Having Lost His Horse (Un caballero Español mata un toro despues perdido el caballo) (plate 9)
Francisco de Goya
1816
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
Francisco de Goya
1816
Byers, the notorious Informer & his assistants.
Byers, the notorious Informer & his assistants.
Isaac Robert Cruikshank
n.d.
Image Not Available for The Moors Settled in Spain, Giving Up the Superstitions of the Koran, Adopted the Art of Hunting, and Spear a Bull in the Open (Los moros establecidos en España, precindiendo de las supersticiones de su Alcorán, adoptaton esta caza y arte, y lancean un to
The Moors Settled in Spain, Giving Up the Superstitions of the Koran, Adopted the Art of Hunting, and Spear a Bull in the Open (Los moros establecidos en España, precindiendo de las supersticiones de su Alcorán, adoptaton esta caza y arte, y lancean un to
Francisco de Goya
1816
Image Not Available for No hay quien los soccora (There is no one to help them); plate 60 from Disasters of War
No hay quien los soccora (There is no one to help them); plate 60 from Disasters of War
Francisco de Goya
about 1820
Image Not Available for The Moors make a Different Play in the Ring Calling the Bull with their Burnous ( Los Moros hacen otro capeo en plaza con su albornoz) (plate 6)
The Moors make a Different Play in the Ring Calling the Bull with their Burnous ( Los Moros hacen otro capeo en plaza con su albornoz) (plate 6)
Francisco de Goya
1816
Corrido: "Plaza de San Juan de los Lagos", page 6 from "36 Grabados", published 1943
Corrido: "Plaza de San Juan de los Lagos", page 6 from "36 Grabados", published 1943
Jose Guadalupe Posada
1895
Plaza De Los "Zattadores"
Plaza De Los "Zattadores"
Truman Seymour
1884
Corrido: "Los Lamentos de Bruno Martinez", page 13 from "36 Grabados" published 1943
Corrido: "Los Lamentos de Bruno Martinez", page 13 from "36 Grabados" published 1943
Jose Guadalupe Posada
1895
Image Not Available for With or without reason (Con razon o sin ella)
With or without reason (Con razon o sin ella)
Francisco de Goya
about 1820
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