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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

The Way in which the ancient Spaniards Hunted Bulls on Horseback in the Open Country, plate one from The Art of Bullfighting

1814/16
Etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on ivory laid paper
21 × 31 cm (8.3 × 12.2 in)

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