Francisco de Goya

Francisco de Goya
The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the...

This series of engravings illustrating the art of bullfighting was first published by Goya in 1816. Goya engraved forty-four plates in preparation for the Tauromaquia, but only included thirty-three in the first published edition. The manuscript title on the first page, which appears to have been written by a professional scribe or copperplate engraver,...