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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Banderillas with firecrackers, plate 31 from The Art of Bullfighting

1814/16, published 1816
Etching, burnished aquatint, lavis, drypoint and burin on ivory laid paper
21 × 32 cm (8.3 × 12.6 in)

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