Plate 8 from "La Tauromaquia": A Moor caught by the bull in the ring — Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya

Plate 8 from "La Tauromaquia": A Moor caught by the bull in the ring

1816

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint
Dimensions
sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 1/2 in. (30.7 x 44.5 cm) plate: 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (24.2 x 35 cm)
Collection no.
21.19.8
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

Francisco Goya. Plate 8 from "La Tauromaquia": A Moor caught by the bull in the ring. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Plate 8 from "La Tauromaquia": A Moor caught by the bull in the ring — Francisco Goya. 1816.

Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint. Dimensions: sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 1/2 in. (30.7 x 44.5 cm) plate: 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (24.2 x 35 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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