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Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules
1816
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint
- Dimensions
- Plate: 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (24.7 x 35.2 cm) Sheet: 12 3/16 × 17 1/2 in. (31 × 44.5 cm)
- Collection no.
- 21.19.5
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Francisco Goya. Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules — Francisco Goya. 1816.
Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint. Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (24.7 x 35.2 cm) Sheet: 12 3/16 × 17 1/2 in. (31 × 44.5 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.