Bullfight in a Divided Ring

1825

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

This is a drawing of a bullfighting scene. The image captures the action within a bullfighting arena. In the foreground, a bull is depicted in motion, with an individual engaging with the bull. The background shows an audience of spectators along the walls of the arena. Other figures and bulls are seen in the background, with one bull on the ground. The crowd's expressions and the bustling atmosphere emphasize the tension of the event. The artwork is rendered in shades of black and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper [edition impression printed by Gaulon in Bordeaux in 1825]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.168

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 286, State II

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

1988

  • Drawings on Stone: Early European Lithography, NGA, 1988.

Bibliography

1964

  • Harris, Tomás. Goya: engravings and lithographs. 2 vols. Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1964.

1991

  • Gingold, Diane J., and Elizabeth A.C. Weil. The Corporate Patron. New York, 1991: 118, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q64956208

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