La Tauromaquia
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La Tauromaquia is a series of 33 prints created by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya, which was published in 1816. The works of the series depict bullfighting scenes. There are also se
Νο.18: The Daring of Martincho in the Ring at Zaragoza, etching and aquatint 24,5 × 35,5 cm. In this work from La Tauromaquia a famous bullfighter is depicted sitting on a chair and with feet shackled together while facing the attacking bull. Here, Goya ignores – partly – the laws of perspective, depicting the viewers in a rather unusual way in order to give more dynamism to the work.
Self-portrait, 1790–1795, oil on canvas, 42 × 28 cm. In this painting Goya depicts himself in a bullfighter's suit
Spanish entertainment, 1825, lithograph, 30 × 41 εκ., Madrid, National Library. In this work from The Bulls of Bordeaux series, Goya presents bullfighting as a way of popular entertainment, and not as a violent event, as he does in Tauromaquia.
Goya - La desgraciada muerte de Pepe Illo en la plaza de Madrid
Goya Museum
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The Goya Museum is an art museum located in Castres, France. The museum was originally established in 1840 and was named after the Spanish painter Francisco Goya, because it has been specialised in hi
The Goya Museum building.
Interior view of one of the galleries.
The Junta of the Philippines by Goya, 1815, 320 x 433 cm.