The Moors Settled in Spain, Giving Up the Superstitions of the Qur'an, Adopted this Art of Hunting, and Spear a Bull in the Open

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Moors Settled in Spain, Giving Up the Superstitions of the Qur'an, Adopted this Art of Hunting, and Spear a Bull in the Open

Francisco de GoyaLinkedCulture matchlcp-dc200867e871

Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium
etching, aquatint, drypoint and engraving
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Type of artwork
Print
Department
Prints

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creation_date
1815–1816

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Three turbaned figures face a charging bull in a void with no ground beneath them, one man thrusting a lance overhead while a body lies trampled below. Francisco de Goya made this etching with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving between 1815 and 1816 as the third plate in his Tauromaquia series. Goya used the series to argue that bullfighting was not a Spanish invention but a practice inherited from the Moors, reframing a national spectacle as a deeper, more ambiguous cultural inheritance.

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A group of men engage in a struggle with a bull on a sandy beach.

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Object ID
152047
Object Type
Print
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator
Francisco de Goya
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture
Spain
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium
etching, aquatint, drypoint and engraving
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department
Prints
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags
  • Latine and Hispanic Artists
  • male
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Date
1815–1816
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year
1815
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year
1816
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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The Moors Settled in Spain, Giving Up the Superstitions of the Qur'an, Adopted this Art of Hunting, and Spear a Bull in the Open

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