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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Manly courage of the celebrated Pajuelera in the ring at Saragossa, plate 22 from The Art of Bullfighting

1814/16
Etching, drypoint, and burnishing on ivory laid paper
19.9 × 29.7 cm (7.8 × 11.7 in)

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