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El esforzado Rendon picando un toro, de cuya suerte murio en plaza de Madrid (The Forceful Rendon Stabs a Bull with the Pique, from Which Pass He Died in the Ring at Madrid)

Francisco Goya

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a bullfight scene. The artwork shows a bull charging towards a mounted rider wielding a lance, set in a traditional bullfighting arena. Other elements include a figure holding a cape and a horse nearby. In the background, spectators are watching the spectacle. The drawing conveys movement and tension using intricate lines and shading for detail and energy.

Artwork Details

Date
in or before 1816
Medium
etching, burnished aquatint, and burin [first edition impression]
Dimensions
4961 × 3541 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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