Disparate: Lluvia de Toros

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Disparate: Lluvia de Toros

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Date
c. 1820
Medium
Etching and aquatint
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

We’ve heard of raining cats and dogs, but bulls?! Goya loved to watch bullfights for their festivity and their tragedy. He drew detailed images of their many variations. In this dream-like image, he removed the bulls from the pressures of the ring. Here they float in the air, seemingly as weightless as butterflies. France, Europe

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