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Cheval renversé par un taureau. (Horse thrown by a bull); rejected plate [B] for the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting)

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1815–16; printed late 19th century

Medium/Technique Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint; posthumous printing
Dimensions Sheet: 32 x 50 cm (12 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift
Accession Number1982.728
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 238, III, 3-4; Delteil 0258
DescriptionPosthumous printing, late 19th century printing (H. III, 3-4, undescribed).
This plate was never published by Goya and the reverse was used to make plate 2 of the published series. It was first published with a French title in Paris by Loizelet in 1876 with the rest of the series with the title "La Taureaumachie/ Receuil de quarante estampes inventées et gravées à l'eau-forte/ Par Don Francisco Goya y Lucientes/ Paris/ Loizelet, Rue des Beaux-Arts, 12" or "La Tauromachie/ Receuil de Quarante Estampes/ Representant/ Différentes manieres et feintes de l'art de combattre les Taureaux..."
ProvenanceYear-end gift.