Sepia etching of a armored knight on foot near a fallen horse, with a bull lying on the arena sand and another horse behind.

A Spanish Knight Kills the Bull After Losing His Horse, from The Art of Bullfighting

A mounted-style rider in armor stands on foot beside a fallen horse, his lance raised toward a bull that lies on the sandy arena floor. A second horse stands behind, and the pale, aquatinted sky fades into soft grey tones.

Artist: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Date: 1814/16, published 1816
Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint and burin on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1235 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1816).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection

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