Picador Caught by the Bull
by GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de, Oil on tinplate, 43 x 32 cm
Goya was fascinated by bullfighting all his life and portrayed himself with a young bull in one of his early tapestry cartoons (Museo del Prado, Madrid). In 1793 he submitted to the Royal Academy eight small paintings of scenes from the life of a bull chosen for the ring.