{"product_id":"francisco-jose-de-goya-y-lucientes-1746-1828-etching-titled-the-celebrated-picador-15in-x-19-25in-38-1cm-x-48-9cm","title":"FRANCISCO JOSE DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828) ETCHING TITLED THE CELEBRATED PICADOR, 15IN x 19.25IN (38.1cm x 48.9cm)","description":"\u003cp style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInventory #: 25-1059 - $600.00\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003eEtching and aquatint by Spanish artist Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) titled The Celebrated Picador. \u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eIt is plate 27 from his series of 33 prints titled\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #0a0a0a; background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #0a0a0a; font-style: normal;\"\u003eLa Tauromaquia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003e The series, which was first published in 1816, and it depicts various scenes of bullfighting from its historical origins to the artist's own time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #0a0a0a; background: white;\"\u003eThis particular plate commemorates the bullfighter Fernando del Toro, who was a famous picador (mounted bullfighter). The image depicts a dramatic moment in the bullring, with the picador on a blindfolded horse confronting a bull.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e This piece is believed to be a later edition. With frame, this piece measures 15 inches x 19.25 inches. This piece is matted and framed under acrylic in a golden frame. This was acquired from a Metro Washington DC estate. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222;\"\u003eFREE SHIPPING FOR THIS PIECE WITH INSURANCE WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;\"\u003eOne of the more famous Spanish painters associated with influencing French Romantic painters, Francisco Goya was born in Fuendetodos, and took his earliest art lessons from his father, who was a master gilder. He also studied etching with monks in Saragossa, and then in 1776, when he was age 30, went to Madrid, where he was influenced by Giovanni Tiepolo, who did lighthearted historical genre scenes in rich coloration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eIn 1786, Goya became a court painter and did numerous royal portraits that had a light palette and \"sparkling manner\". By 1792, he was suffering ill health and had lost his hearing.  During his recovery period, he did the work for which he is most known---\"humanistic-biting satire on social mores with more than a hint of double meaning.\" And historical events turned him increasingly from more light hearted subjects. Napoleon invaded Spain in 1808, and Goya's themes reflected the cruelty and wanton killing that he observed.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eThe Spanish monarchy was restored in 1814, and Goya who was a Republican, retired to a country home, where he, with much dampened spirit, painted with dark, sombre tones. He did \"Black\" frescoes in his home, \"pessimistic yet imaginative images of degraded and bestial humanity. . .terrible but fascinatin-hallucinatory nightmares that foretell of death and destruction.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eHe died in Bordeaux in 1828, having gone into voluntary exile in France in 1824.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Rug Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47665288806572,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5906\/8076\/files\/39.1_1.jpg?v=1792527237","url":"https:\/\/rug-auction.com\/products\/francisco-jose-de-goya-y-lucientes-1746-1828-etching-titled-the-celebrated-picador-15in-x-19-25in-38-1cm-x-48-9cm","provider":"The Rug Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}