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Blind Man Tossed on the Horns of a Bull (A VEUGLE ENLEVE SUR LES CORNES D'UN TAUREAU)
Blind Man Tossed on the Horns of a Bull (A VEUGLE ENLEVE SUR LES CORNES D'UN TAUREAU)

Blind Man Tossed on the Horns of a Bull (A VEUGLE ENLEVE SUR LES CORNES D'UN TAUREAU)

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1800–04
Medium/TechniqueEtching and burnished aquatint, sulfur tint, or corrosion; posthumous trial proof
DimensionsPlatemark: 17.5 x 21.5 cm (6 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 21.8 x 32.5 cm (8 9/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession number97.1231
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenancePhilippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris, stamp (Lugt 413) sale of April 27, 1876 by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, lot 694, Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816–d. 1896), New York (Lugt 1309); October 21, 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA. (Accession date: March 23, 2018)

NOTE:
Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.

Blind Man Tossed on the Horns of a Bull
Blind Man Tossed on the Horns of a Bull
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1800–04
Qué alborato es este? (What is this hubbub?); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 65 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Qué alborato es este? (What is this hubbub?); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 65 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1814–15; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for Esta no lo es menos. (This is no less so); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 67 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Esta no lo es menos. (This is no less so); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 67 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1814–15; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for Faràndula de charlatanes. (Charlatans' Show); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 75 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Faràndula de charlatanes. (Charlatans' Show); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 75 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1814–15; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Blind Man Tossed on the Horns of a Bull (A VEUGLE ENLEVE SUR LES CORNES D'UN TAUREAU)
Blind Man Tossed on the Horns of a Bull (A VEUGLE ENLEVE SUR LES CORNES D'UN TAUREAU)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1800–04
Image Not Available for No se puede saber por qué. (There is no way of telling why); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 35.
No se puede saber por qué. (There is no way of telling why); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 35.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for Que se rompe la cuerda. (The rope is fraying); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 77 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Que se rompe la cuerda. (The rope is fraying); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 77 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1814–15; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for Bien te se está. (It serves you right); from "Los Desatres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 6, mounted in a bound album.
Bien te se está. (It serves you right); from "Los Desatres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 6, mounted in a bound album.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12; this set printed about 1862; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for Ni por esas. (Neither do these); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 11.
Ni por esas. (Neither do these); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 11.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for No se convienen. (They do not agree); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 17.
No se convienen. (They do not agree); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 17.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Disparate de Tontos (Fool's Folly) from the Disparates series
Disparate de Tontos (Fool's Folly) from the Disparates series
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched, 1816-19, printed about 1877
Image Not Available for Populacho. (Rabble); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 28.
Populacho. (Rabble); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 28.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1820–23; whole series first published posthumously 1863