![Modo con que los antiguos Espanoles cazaban los toros a caballo en el campo (The Way in which the Ancient Spaniards Hunted Bulls on Horseback in the Open Country) — Portfolio by Francisco Goya. etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint [first edition impression].](/images/catalogue/nga-4767-modo-con-que-los-antiguos-espanoles-cazaban-los-toros-a-caballo-e-06fd7b646ca6.jpg)
Portfolio
Mariano Ceballos, alias el Indio, mata el toro desde su caballo (Mariano Ceballos, Alias the Indian, Kills the Bull from His Horse)
Francisco Goya. in or before 1816. etching and burnished aquatint [first edition impression]. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from National Gallery of Art.
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- Boy on a RamThe Art Institute of Chicago · 1786–87 · 1979.479 · Compare side by side →
- Friar Pedro Shoots El Maragato as His Horse Runs OffThe Art Institute of Chicago · c. 1806 · 1933.1075 · Compare side by side →
- Modo con que los antiguos Espanoles cazaban los toros a caballo en el campo (The Way in which the Ancient Spaniards Hunted Bulls on Horseback in the Open Country)National Gallery of Art · in or before 1816 · 1943.3.1620 · Compare side by side →
- Otro modo de cazar a pie (Another Way of Hunting on Foot)National Gallery of Art · in or before 1816 · 1943.3.1621 · Compare side by side →
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![Los moros establecidos en Espana, prescindiendo de las supersticiones de su Alcoran, adoptaron esta caza y arte, y lancean un toro en el campo (The Moors Settled in Spain, Giving up the Superstitions of the Koran, Adopted This Art of Hunting, and Spear a Bull in the Open) — Portfolio by Francisco Goya. etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin [first edition impression].](/images/catalogue/nga-4770-los-moros-establecidos-en-espana-prescindiendo-de-las-supersticio-9d2c50c8411b.jpg)
![Cogida de un moro estando en la plaza (A Moor Caught by the Bull in the Ring) — Portfolio by Francisco Goya. etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint [first edition impression].](/images/catalogue/nga-4775-cogida-de-un-moro-estando-en-la-plaza-a-moor-caught-by-the-bull-i-8b91039c59c3.jpg)