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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Pedro Romero killing the halted bull, plate 30 from The Art of Bullfighting

1814/16, published 1816
Etching, aquatint, drypoint and burin on ivory laid paper
20.9 × 30.7 cm (8.2 × 12.1 in)

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