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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse, plate 23 from The Art of Bullfighting

1814/16, published 1816
Etching and burnished aquatint on ivory laid paper
21 × 31.4 cm (8.3 × 12.4 in)

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