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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Pepe Illo making the pass of the 'recorte', plate 29 from The Art of Bullfighting

1815, published 1816
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin on ivory laid paper
20.3 × 31.3 cm (8 × 12.3 in)

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