Pedro Romero Killing a Bull that He Has Subdued.
Preparatory drawing for the etching, Tauromaquia, plate 30 (Pedro Romero matando á toro parado)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
(Spanish, 1746–1828)
about 1816
Medium/TechniqueRed chalk on cream laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 18.7-19.5 x 28.3-28.7 cm (7 11/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Frederick J. Kennedy Memorial Foundation
Accession number1973.696
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ProvenanceEugene Loizelet (b. 1842 - d. 1882), Paris [see note 1]. 1869, Paul Lefort, Paris; January 28-29, 1869, Lefort sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris lot 123. Sophie Jay (b. about 1840), Frankfurt. Colnaghi, London. By 1931, Philip Hofer (b. 1898 - d. 1984), Cambridge, MA [see note 1]; 1974, sold by Philip Hofer, through R. M. Light (dealer), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1974)
NOTES: [1] According to Hofer. [2] Hofer’s collection of Goya prints was first offered to the MFA on June 13, 1973.
NOTES: [1] According to Hofer. [2] Hofer’s collection of Goya prints was first offered to the MFA on June 13, 1973.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
about 1814-15
![De todo sirven [se rien] (Used for Everything; All Purpose) Crossed over inscription: No se alquilan (Not for hire)
Sheet 28 from a Bordeaux Album (Journal-Album G)](/internal/media/dispatcher/1110786/thumbnail)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1810–14
