The Very Skilful Student of Falces, Wrapped in His Cape, Tricks the Bull with the Play of His Body (El Diestrísimo Estudiante de Falces, Embozado Burla al Toro con sus Quiebros)

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The Very Skilful Student of Falces, Wrapped in His Cape, Tricks the Bull with the Play of His Body (El Diestrísimo Estudiante de Falces, Embozado Burla al Toro con sus Quiebros)

1815-1816, published 1816

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

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Object Details

Title:

The Very Skilful Student of Falces, Wrapped in His Cape, Tricks the Bull with the Play of His Body (El Diestrísimo Estudiante de Falces, Embozado Burla al Toro con sus Quiebros)
Plate 14 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 11/16 x 13 3/4 inches (24.6 x 34.9 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Edgar Viguers Seeler Fund, 1953

Accession Number:

1953-107-14

Geography:

Printed in Madrid, Spain, Europe

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