The Very Skillful Student of Falces, Wrapped in His Cape, Tricks the Bull with the Play of His Body (El Diestrísimo Estudiante de Falces, Embozado Burla al Toro con Sus Quiebros.

Francisco Goya1816

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Title: The Very Skillful Student of Falces, Wrapped in His Cape, Tricks the Bull with the Play of His Body (El Diestrísimo Estudiante de Falces, Embozado Burla al Toro con Sus Quiebros.
Creator: Francisco de Goya
Date Created: 1816
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in pencil on verso: “C16593” and “C2397-110”; stamped on verso: old DAC collection stamp (“DAC” in horizontal oval)
Set or Series Title: The Art of Bullfighting (La Tauromaquia)
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj17388
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1949
Materials & Techniques: Etching and aquatint
Keywords: animals, bullfighting, bulls, capes (outerwear), human body, series (groups), sports, students, violence
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: First edition (with plate number erased), 1816
Bibliography: Loys Delteil 237; Tomás Harris 217
Associated People: Created by Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828)
Accession Number: 1949.D3.8.35

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