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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: The Morisco Gazul is the First to Fight Bulls with a Lance

🖼 The Morisco Gazul is the First to Fight Bulls with a Lance, 1815-16
Etching and aquatint
250 × 350 cm
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dynamic movement captures a mounted figure charging toward a bull with lance raised, rendered in Goya's bold brushwork and dramatic light. This pioneering depiction of bullfighting technique celebrates Moorish innovation in Spanish culture during a transformative period of national identity.

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E. H. Gombrich
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