The Art History Mystery Challenge No. 39 Francisco Goya - Picador Caught by the Bull

Welcome to our totally disorganized art museum! The challenge is to help us identify all the masterworks in our virtual museum. We'll post a piece of the painting and one clue to get you started. Can you name the artist and the title of the painting?

Pieces of the painting and clues to the artist's identity will be added every 24 hours until we have a winner, then the next painting in our collection will be posted. Feel free to use any resources at your disposal to help in your search. Challenge winners will receive a shiny award badge that we will add below their profile image. You will retain this award until someone else wins the award.

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Clue = Nationality - Spanish

Sorry about being a little late on this one. It was a long weekend so I was at the camp.

So we're both off to a late start this month
Interesting bit of picture there...

It looks like it should have a bull fighter in a ring with a bull. Hmmmm.

Judy

Callie, as they say "better late then never".

Judy, you're on the rite track.



Clue = born in 1746

Clue = died in 1828

I'll be at the camp until Monday and I think their is enough here to solve it. So see you Monday.

Have fun.
Judy

Picador Caught by the Bull by Francisco Goya, 1793

I didn't even bother with Goya at the start because I thought that would be too obvious!

I found the pic on this site:
http://www.backtoclassics.com/gallery/franciscogoya/picador_caught_by_the_bull/

I didn't come across it in a Google search of images for Goya , but found this by searching Goya+coliseum.

I searched Goya also but couldn't find it. Then I searched his bullfighter series, but those were totally different. I knew I had seen the painting before, but just couldn't find it. Here's the Crown, or at least once Janet come back.. You earned it.
Judy

Before I looked at Goya I tried bullrings, bullfighters, coliseums.... nothing.
Even adding Goya to bullrings/bullfighters didn't turn this up! So I guess, even if I had started with Goya, I might have given up on him and moved on to other artists (all 2 of them ).

AAAHH it's good to have that medal back, Thanks Judy!

I see the medal is gone from me but isn't on you yet. Weird. Congrats on your persistence. Here's a crown for you in the mean time.

Judy

Good going Callie! I'm glad you were able to get your medal.