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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: The Bravery of Martincho in the Ring of Saragassa (Tauromaquia 18)

🖼 The Bravery of Martincho in the Ring of Saragassa (Tauromaquia 18), 1815-16
Etching and aquatint
245 × 355 cm
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Caught mid-leap, a matador vaults his horse in a daring bullfighting maneuver, rendered in bold aquatint lines with dynamic diagonal composition. Goya's *Tauromaquia* series celebrated Spain's bullfighting tradition while subtly critiquing its violence and spectacle through dramatic printmaking.

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E. H. Gombrich
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