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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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Banderillas de fuego (Banderillas with Firecrackers)
El famoso Martincho poniendo banderillas al quiebro (The Famous Martincho Places the Banderillas Playing the Bull with the Movement of His Body)
Desjarrete de la canalla con lanzas, medias-lunas, banderillas y otras armas (The Rabble Hamstring the Bull with Lances, Sickles, Banderillas and Other Arms)
Capean otro encerrado (They Play Another with the Cape in an Enclosure)
El celebre Fernando del Toro, barilarguero, obligando a la fiera con su garrocha (The celebrated Picador, Fernando del Toro, Draws the Fierce Beast on with His Pique)
Valor varonil de la celebre Pajuelera en la de Zaragoza (Manly Courage of the Celebrated Pajuelera in the Ring at Saragossa)
Pedro Romero matando a toro parado (Pedro Romero Killing the Halted Bull)
Temeridad de martincho en la plaza de Zaragoza (The Daring of Martincho in the Ring a t Saragossa)
Los Moros hacen otro capeo en plaza con su albornoz (The Moors Make a Different Play in the Ring Calling the Bull with Their Burnous)
El famoso Americano, Mariano Ceballos (The Famous American, Mariano Ceballos)
Otro modo de cazar a pie (Another Way of Hunting on Foot)
El diestrisimo estudiante de Falces, embozadoburla al toro con sus quiebros (The Very Skillful Student of Falces, Wrapped in His Cape, Tricks the Bull with the Play of His Body)