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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 1815–16; published 1816
Medium/TechniqueEtching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, burin and scratches, first edition
DimensionsPlatemark: 24.3 x 35.6 cm (9 9/16 x 14 in.)
Sheet: 29.8 x 42 cm (11 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession number2002.523
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsU.r. in burin: 17ProvenanceEleanor A. Sayre, Cambridge, MA; bequest to MFA
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