Great Goya Etchings

The last of the Old Masters and the first of the Moderns, Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was a court painter whose portraits of the Spanish royal family exhibit a remarkable frankness and lack of flattery. Goya’s later works took on a darker cast and are considered the precursors to the Expressionist movement.

• List of Plates for The DisparatesFeminine follyFolly of fearRidiculous follyBig boobyFlying follyFurious follyDisordered folly [Matrimonial folly]The men in sacksGeneral follyThe kidnapping horsePoor follyMerry follyArtist's working proof of No. 12Way of flyingProof of No. 13 pulled ca. 1840-50Carnival follyClear follyArtist's working proof of No. 15UntitledLoyaltyUntitledWell-known folly [What a warrior!]Punctual folly [A circus queen]Animal folly [Other laws for the people]Folly of young bulls [Rain of bulls]List of Plates for La TauromaquiaThe way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open countryAnother way of hunting on footThe Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the openThey play another with the cape in an enclosureThe spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to rulesThe Moors make a different play in the ring calling the bull with their burnousOrigin of the harpoons or banderillasA Moor caught by the bull in the ringA Spanish knight kills the bull after having lost his horseCharles V spearing a bull in the ring at ValladolidThe Cid Campeador spearing another bullThe rabble hamstring the bull with lances, sickles, banderillas and other armsA Spanish mounted knight in the ring breaking short spears without the help of assistantsThe very skilful student of Falces, wrapped in his cape, tricks the bull with the play of his bodyThe famous Martincho places the banderillas, playing the bull with the movement of his bodyThe same man throws a bull in the ring at MadridThe Moors use donkeys as a barrier to defend themselves against the bull whose horns have been tipped with ballsThe daring of Martincho in the ring at SaragossaAnother madness of his in the same ringThe agility and audacity of Juanito Api-ani in [the ring] at MadridDreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of TorrejonManly courage of the celebrated Pajuelera in [the ring] at SaragossaMariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horseThe same Ceballos mounted on another bull breaks short spears in the ring at MadridThey loose dogs on the bullA picador is unhorsed and falls under the bullThe celebrated picador, Fernando del Toro, draws the fierce beast on with his piqueThe forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at MadridPepe Illo making the pass of the "recorte"Pedro Romero killing the halted bullBanderillas with firecrackersTwo teams of picadors thrown one after the other by a single bullThe unlucky death of Pepe Illo in the ring at MadridTitle page of first edition (1876) of Tauromaquia A-G (etchings by the publisher, Loizelet)A Spanish mounted knight breaking short spears with the help of assistantsHorse thrown by a bullThe dogs let loose on the bullA bullfighter, mounted on the shoulders of an assistant, spearing a bullDeath of Pepe Illo (2nd composition)Death of Pepe Illo (3rd composition)Fight in a carriage harnessed to two mulesThe List of Plates for The Bulls of BordeauxThe famous American, Mariano CeballosPicador caught by a bullSpanish entertainmentBullfight in a divided ring