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Spanish painter and printmaker who bridged the Old Masters and the modern age, documenting war, superstition, and human cruelty with unsparing psychological force.
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Otro modo de cazar a pie (Another Way of Hunting on Foot)
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)
Un caballero espanol mata un toro despues de haber perdido el caballo (A Spanish Knight Kills the Bull after Having Lost His Horse)
El Cid Campeador lanceando otro toro (The Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull)
El animoso moro Gazul es el primero que lanceo toros en regla (The Spirited Moor Gazul is the First to Spear Bulls According to Rules)
Mariano Ceballos, alias el Indio, mata el toro desde su caballo (Mariano Ceballos, Alias the Indian, Kills the Bull from His Horse)
Banderillas de fuego (Banderillas with Firecrackers)
Echan perros al toro (They Loose Dogs on the Bull)
Capean otro encerrado (They Play Another with the Cape in an Enclosure)
Desjarrete de la canalla con lanzas, medias-lunas, banderillas y otras armas (The Rabble Hamstring the Bull with Lances, Sickles, Banderillas and Other Arms)
El mismo Ceballos montado sobre otro toro quiebra rejones en la plaza de Madrid (The Same Ceballos Mounted on Another Bull Breaks Short Spears in the Ring at Madrid)
Palenque de los moros hecho con burros para defenderse del toro embolado (The Moors Use Donkeys as a Barrier to Defend Themselves against the Bull Whose Horns have been Tipped with Balls)