Cleveland Museum of Art
Bullfights: Origin of the Harpoons or Banderillas
Francisco de GoyaLinkedCulture matchlcp-dc200867e871
- Date
- 1816, printed 1876
- Medium
- engraving
- Culture
- Spain
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 105417
From LinkedCulture
This print captures the exact moment a lone figure strides toward a charging bull, arm raised to plant the banderillas, while cloaked assistants look on and spectators press against a wooden barrier above. Francisco de Goya made this engraving in 1816 as plate seven of his La Tauromaquia series, with later impressions printed in 1876. Warm aquatint tones dissolve the background into shadow, pulling all attention to the confrontation at the center. Goya treated bullfighting as a serious inquiry into Spanish identity, making this image as much cultural memory as raw spectacle.
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What the image shows
A bullfighter in traditional attire engages with a bull in a bullfighting arena.
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- Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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