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The Art of Bullfighting

The Art of Bullfighting
(La Tauromaquia)
(c. 1815-1816); published 1876

Medium
book: etching, aquatint, lavis, burnisher, drypoint and burin; reworking mainly in roulette
Measurements
26.8 × 37.1 cm (sheet) 33.7 × 50.7 × 2.0 cm (volume)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Harris.III.3-243.III.3
Edition
3rd edition
Printing/Publishing
published by Eugène Loizelet, Paris
Inscription
titlepage: printed in ink: LA TAUREAUMACHIE / RECUEIL DE QUARANTE ESTAMPES INVENTÉE ET GRAVÉES A L'EAU-FORTE / PAR DON FRANCISCO COYA Y LUCIENTES / PARIS / LOIZELET, RUE DES BEAUX-ARTES, 12.
inscribed in pencil on upper endpaper, by Harold Wright: C.19220 (Colnaghi's stock number) / F. Goya / (1746–1828) La Tauromachia series / 4th Edn (Loizelet, 1876) (with 2 extra impressions of the portrait) / (from the collection of Felix Braquemond, the French etcher) / The complete set of 40 plates as issued by Loizelet, 1876 / Loys Delteil, "Les Peintres-Graveurs Français", vol. XV. Nos 224–263
Accession Number
2086-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display

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