La desgraciada muerte de Pepe Illo en la plaza de Madrid (The Unlucky Death of Pepe Illo in the Ring at Madrid)

Francisco Goya

National Gallery of Art

This is a print depicting a bull in an arena with a fallen person on the ground. Another person is nearby, holding a dark cloth towards the bull. The black bull stands in the center of the print with its head lowered to the left, one of its horns appearing to impale the neck or chest of a person on the ground wearing stained white clothes. This person faces away from us, but we can see their pale skin and short, dark hair. In the background, there are outlines of spectators attempting to climb over a wall to get to the central people. The background of the print is light gray, with an area of darker gray around the person on the ground.