Francisco De Goya (1746-1828) - La Tauromaquia Blatt: #40 (G): Combate en un coche enjaczado con dos mulos

Francisco de GOYA (1746-1828) after
La Tauromaquia Plate # 40 (G): Fight in a carriage harnessed to two mules
Copperplate intaglio: etching, aquatint
Sheet size: 490 mm x 360 mm
Image size: 307 mm x 200 mm

La Tauromaquia is Goya’s third major print series, created between 1814 and 1816, and illustrates
the history of bullfighting in Spain. The first of a total of 7 editions was published in 1816, initially
with 33 plates; seven more plates were added in later editions. Plate #40 (G) is one of them.
Plate #25 was published in outstanding quality in 1923 as a copperplate intaglio print (43 copperplate intaglio prints in total) by Hugo Kehrer through the Hugo Schmidt publishing house (Munich). Only 500 copies were printed.
This plate belongs to the numbered edition, copy no. 418 (see photo). Text pages documenting the etching’s provenance will be sent as a copy.
This additional printing plate reused by Goya is also known as “Scene of a Mojiganga.”
The term referred to highly unusual fantasy festivals or mock spectacles in which masked participants drove carriages pulled by mules around the arena and were attacked by bulls.