Plate 27 from "La Tauromaquia": The celebrated picador, Fernando del Toro, draws the fierce beast on with his pike

1816

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching, aquatint, drypoint
Dimensions: Plate: 9 5/8 × 13 3/4 in. (24.4 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 12 1/16 × 17 3/16 in. (30.6 × 43.7 cm)
Collection no.: 21.19.27
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Francisco Goya. Plate 27 from "La Tauromaquia": The celebrated picador, Fernando del Toro, draws the fierce beast on with his pike. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Plate 27 from "La Tauromaquia": The celebrated picador, Fernando del Toro, draws the fierce beast on with his pike — Francisco Goya. 1816.

Medium: Etching, aquatint, drypoint. Dimensions: Plate: 9 5/8 × 13 3/4 in. (24.4 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 12 1/16 × 17 3/16 in. (30.6 × 43.7 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1921.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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