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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

The Moors had settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open, plate three from The Art of Bullfighting

1814/16, published 1816
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin on ivory laid paper
20 × 31.4 cm (7.9 × 12.4 in)

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