Amateur Bullfight

Presented on January 24, 1780 for the antechamber of the Prince and Princess of Asturias at the Royal Palace of El Pardo, "...it shows 4 young men amusing themselves with a bull. One is about to spear it, another appears to have just made a move with his cape and the other two are fleeing. In the background, people gather behind a wall to watch the excitement. It is 5 feet wide, as tall as the previous one, and its value is 3,500 Spanish reals." ("...repres.ta quatro Jobenes dibiertiendosen con un Nobillo el uno en postura de ponerle un parche, otro en postura de aber écho suerte con la capa, los otros dos uiendo, a mas distanzia se ben barias gentes asomadas por encima de una Tapia mirando la diversion su ancho cinco pies, alto como el antezedente su balor tres mil Quinientos rr.s vellon". Francisco de Goya).

The Santiago tapestry is missing one of the young men that appears in the Goya cartoon kept at the Prado Museum. Some have identified the central figure as Goya himself, who was a great fan of bullfighting.

As well as the tapestry in the cathedral collection, which came from auction in 1794, the National Heritage collection houses 2 other wall hangings. These are kept in storage at the Royal Palaces in Madrid and El Escorial.