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Palenque de los Moros hecho con burros para defenderse del toro embolado.: P.61-1937

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Palenque de los Moros hecho con burros para defenderse del toro embolado.
Translated as: The Moors use donkeys as a barrier to defend themselves against the bull whose horns have been tipped with balls.
La Tauromaquia - Plate 17

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 198 mm
Width: 310 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

Production date: AD 1816

Note

Plate 17 from the first edition of La Tauromaquia, set of 33 plates made for Goya in 1816.

Third state, on Sierra paper, cut impression

School or Style

Spanish

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Drypoint
Burnishing (printmaking)
Engraving
Etching

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.61-1937
Primary reference Number: 2508
Harris (Goya): 220 III.1
Delteil: 240 IV
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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