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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: Unfortunate Events in the Front Seats of the Ring of Madrid

🖼 Unfortunate Events in the Front Seats of the Ring of Madrid, 1815-16
Etching and aquatint
245 × 355 cm
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Brutal violence erupts in the bullring as a gored horse writhes beneath a fallen picador, rendered in stark contrasts of light and shadow. Goya captures the spectacle's dark reality, condemning bullfighting's cruelty and challenging Spain's celebrated tradition through unflinching visual testimony.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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