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Palenque de los moros hecho con burros para defenderse del toro embolado. (Barricades that the Moors made with donkeys to defend themselves from a bull with covered horns); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 17
Palenque de los moros hecho con burros para defenderse del toro embolado. (Barricades that the Moors made with donkeys to defend themselves from a bull with covered horns); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 17

Palenque de los moros hecho con burros para defenderse del toro embolado. (Barricades that the Moors made with donkeys to defend themselves from a bull with covered horns); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 17

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815–16
Medium/TechniqueEtching, drypoint, burin, and light scratches; working proof
DimensionsSheet: 24.5 x 35.2 cm (9 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by George C. Seybolt and the M. and M. Karolik Fund
Accession number1973.706
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceLhardy, Madrid; Provôt, Paris; M. Gobin, Paris (b. 1883); Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA; from whom purchased through R. M. Light, Boston, June 12, 1974 (original vote June 13, 1973)
Giant; from the "Disparates" series, plate 4
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816-19; printed about 1848 - 54
Disparate Pobre (Poor Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 11
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848-1854
Disparate de Tontos (Fool's Folly) from the Disparates series
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched, 1816-19, printed about 1877
Fuerte cosa es! (This is too much!); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 31
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; published 1863
Woman Carried off by a Horse; from the "Disparates" series, plate 10
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1863–64