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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 vuelca un toro en la plaza de Madrid (The Same Man Throws a Bull in the Ring at Madrid)
Un caballero espanol en plaza quebrando rejoncillos sin auxilio de los chulos (A Spanish Mounted Knight in the Ring Breaking Short Spears without the Help of Assistants)
Caida de un picador de su caballo debajo del toro (A Picador is Unhorsed and Falls under the Bull)
Un caballero espanol mata un toro despues de haber perdido el caballo (A Spanish Knight Kills the Bull after Having Lost His Horse)
La desgraciada muerte de Pepe Illo en la plaza de Madrid (The Unlucky Death of Pepe Illo in the Ring at Madrid)
Carlos V. lanceando un toro en la plaza de Valladolid (Charles V Spearing a Bull in the Ring at Valladolid)
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)
Banderillas de fuego (Banderillas with Firecrackers)
El Cid Campeador lanceando otro toro (The Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull)
Valor varonil de la celebre Pajuelera en la de Zaragoza (Manly Courage of the Celebrated Pajuelera in the Ring at Saragossa)
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)