The Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull (El Cid Campeador Lanceando Otro Toro)

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The Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull (El Cid Campeador Lanceando Otro Toro)

1815-1816, published 1816

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (around 1043–1099), called El Cid Campeador, was a Castilian nobleman and celebrated military leader in medieval Spain. According to popular legend in Goya’s time, El Cid was thought to be the first to fight a bull on horseback.

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Object Details

Title:

The Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull (El Cid Campeador Lanceando Otro Toro)
Plate 11 from the series La Tauromaquia (Bullfighting)

Date:

1815-1816, published 1816

Artist:

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Medium:

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions:

Plate: 9 7/8 x 13 13/16 inches (25.1 x 35.1 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Edgar Viguers Seeler Fund, 1953

Accession Number:

1953-107-11

Geography:

Printed in Madrid, Spain, Europe

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