Manchester Art Gallery

El esforsado Rendon picando un toro, de cuya suerte murio en la plaza de Madrid (The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at Madrid)

Francisco Goya Y Lucientes, 1746 - 1828



El esforsado Rendon picando un toro, de cuya suerte murio en la plaza de Madrid (The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at Madrid)

Francisco Goya Y Lucientes 1746 - 1828

Summary

In the foreground of this bullfighting scene a bull is seen from the side facing to the right. On the right, the picador Rendon mounted on a horse stabs the bull with a pique. A figure stands to the left holding a cloth vertically with a fallen bull behind. Another group located in the middle ground centre look at the proceedings, including another picador to the left and a group of figures standing to the right. One of these figures holds up a cloth. In the background to the right, several figures climb over a wall to gain access to the ring.


Object Name

El esforsado Rendon picando un toro, de cuya suerte murio en la plaza de Madrid (The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at Madrid)

Creators Name

Francisco Goya Y Lucientes

Date Created

1816

Dimensions

plate: 24.7cm x 35cm
support: 29.9cm x 38.6cm

accession number

1983.903

Collection Group

fine art
on paper, print
foreign

Place of creation

Spain

Support

paper

Medium

ink (black)

Credit

Purchased with the assistance of the Bostock Will Trust and the National Art Collections Fund.


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