Another Madness of His in the Same Ring, Plate 19, The Art of Bullfighting

An etching with burnished aquatint shows a bull charging low across a sand-covered arena toward a figure who leaps onto a wooden table draped with cloth. Spectators stand at the right beside the barrier, and a second figure in light clothing appears at the left edge.

Artist

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Date

1815, published 1816

Medium

Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin on ivory laid paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 1220 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection