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Mariano Ceballos, alias el Indio, mata el tot desde su caballo. (Mariano Ceballos, called "el Indio", kills the bull from horseback); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 23

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815–16

Medium/Technique Etching and burnished aquatint; working proof
Dimensions Platemark: 24.2 x 35 cm (9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 31.2 x 38.8 cm (12 5/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard
Accession Number25.1174
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 226, I, 2; Delteil 0246
DescriptionWorking proof before additional burnishing and number, touched with black chalk border (H. I, 2 [a]).
Marks No watermark
ProvenanceKatherine Eliot Bullard (1866-1920), Boston; Ellen T. Bullard (d. 1959); Boston; gift to MFA November 1925