Plate 21 from "La Tauromaquia": Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Torrejon
Medium
Etching, burnished aquatint, lavis, drypoint, burin
Dimensions
Plate: 9 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (24.6 × 35.2 cm) Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 1/4 in. (30.8 × 43.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.19.21
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About this artwork
This prints by spanish artist Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) exemplifies the artistic achievements of 1816. Spanish artists contributed powerfully to European visual culture, bringing distinctive approaches to light, composition, and emotional expression. The artist's work in etching, burnished aquatint, lavis, drypoint, burin demonstrates the importance of printmaking as both an artistic medium and a means of disseminating images widely. Executed in etching, burnished aquatint, lavis, dry...
About the Artist
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) · 1746–1828
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker considered the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Rising from modest provincial origins to become First Court Painter to Charles IV, Goya's career spanned the Enlightenment's optimism and the brutal Napoleonic invasion that shattered it. A mysterious illness in 1793 left him permanently deaf and ...