Bravo Toro, plate 2 from the series Les Taureaux de Bordeaux (The Bulls of Bordeaux)
Bravo Toro, plate 2 from the series Les Taureaux de Bordeaux (The Bulls of Bordeaux)

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Bravo Toro, plate 2 from the series Les Taureaux de Bordeaux (The Bulls of Bordeaux),

1824–25

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1746–1828; born Fuendetodos, Spain; died Bordeaux, France
x1978-14
Lithography had been invented in Munich in 1798, yet because of the Napoleonic Wars the technique was not practiced in France until the 1820s. Goya experimented with the new medium during his self-imposed exile to Bordeaux in 1824, producing a powerful set of four lithographs known as The Bulls of Bordeaux to celebrate the colorful Spanish bullfighting tradition also practiced in southwestern France. The high walls of the bullring in Goya’s dramatic series are clearly echoed in the arena-like setting of Manet’s lithograph The Execution of Maximilian.

Information

Title
Bravo Toro, plate 2 from the series Les Taureaux de Bordeaux (The Bulls of Bordeaux)
Dates

1824–25

Maker
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
31.3 x 41.4 cm. (12 5/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, bequest of Mrs. Herbert S. Langfeld
Object Number
x1978-14
Place Made

Europe, Spain, Madrid

Inscription
Signed on stone, lower left: Goya
Reference Numbers
Delteil 287; Harris 284
Culture
Spanish
Type
lithographs, prints
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
lithography
Subject
events, men, figures (representations), bulls

Bravo Toro

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