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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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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)
Un caballero espanol mata un toro despues de haber perdido el caballo (A Spanish Knight Kills the Bull after Having Lost His Horse)
Valor varonil de la celebre Pajuelera en la de Zaragoza (Manly Courage of the Celebrated Pajuelera in the Ring at Saragossa)
Carlos V. lanceando un toro en la plaza de Valladolid (Charles V Spearing a Bull in the Ring at Valladolid)
Cogida de un moro estando en la plaza (A Moor Caught by the Bull in the Ring)
Caida de un picador de su caballo debajo del toro (A Picador is Unhorsed and Falls under the Bull)
Banderillas de fuego (Banderillas with Firecrackers)
La desgraciada muerte de Pepe Illo en la plaza de Madrid (The Unlucky Death of Pepe Illo in the Ring at Madrid)
Mariano Ceballos, alias el Indio, mata el toro desde su caballo (Mariano Ceballos, Alias the Indian, Kills the Bull from His Horse)
Otra locura suya en la misma plaza (Another Madness of His in the Same Ring)
Ligereza y atrevimiento de Juanito Apinani en la de Madrid (The Agility and Audacityof Juanito Apinani in the Ring at Madrid)
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)