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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

The Moors use donkeys as a barrier to defend themselves against the bull whose horns have been tipped with balls, plate 17 from The Art of Bullfighting

1814/16, published 1816
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin on ivory laid paper
19.9 × 31.1 cm (7.8 × 12.2 in)

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