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El animoso moro Gazul es el primero que lanceó toros en regla. (The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 5

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815–16; published 1816

Medium/Technique Etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint; first edition
Dimensions Platemark: 24.6 x 35.5 cm (9 11/16 x 14 in.)
Sheet: 32 x 44.3 cm (12 5/8 x 17 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1974.261
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 208, III, 1; Delteil 0228
DescriptionFirst edition, published 1816 (H. III, 1).
Marks PDP Watermark Type: No watermark
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen (1882-1955), Boston: bequest to MFA April 10, 1974