Lithograph on cream wove paper, 1825. 300x412 mm; 11 3/4x16 1/4 inches. Edition of 100. Printed by Gaulon, Bordeaux. From The Bulls of Bordeaux. A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce, important lithograph, with all the details and subtle tonal qualities distinct and with strong contrasts between the black ink and the cream paper. Trimmed at the edge of the image.
We have found only 3 other impressions at auction in the past 25 years. According to Harris, the four subjects which comprise Goya's late-career, masterpiece lithographic series the Bulls of Bordeaux, "Are very well printed and very rich in quality." Delteil 288; Harris 285.
