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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

The Moors make a different play in the ring calling the bull with their burnous, plate six from The Art of Bullfighting

1814/16, published 1816
Etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on ivory laid paper
20.2 × 30.9 cm (8 × 12.2 in)

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