El Cid Campeador lanceado otro toro (El Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull), 1816
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientesexpand_more
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burinexpand_more
The Winton Jones Endowment Fund for Prints and Drawingsexpand_more 2015.90.3
Not on Viewexpand_more
In the 33-print series "Tauromaquia," Goya traces the history of bullfighting in Spain, from men hunting in open fields to the modern, ritualized spectacle it became in the 18th century. He invents part of the sport’s history, depicting, for instance in El Cid Campeador lanceado otro toro (El Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull), the famous medieval Castilian knight El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar) slaying a bull on horseback. It is a technically sophisticated work in its combination of etching, drypoint, engraving, and the new medium of aquatint, which Goya deployed to luminous, evocative effect.
Details
- Title
- El Cid Campeador lanceado otro toro (El Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull)
- Artist Life
- 1746–1828
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.90.3
- Provenance
- Tajan, Paris, May 21, 2015, nos. 42 and 46, for $2,955 and $3,939 respectively. A series of Tauromaquia plates came up at this sale in Paris this spring, where they were greatly underestimated.
- Curator Approved
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