Francisco Goya. Tauromachie e altre battaglie

The exhibition Francisco Goya. Tauromachie e altre battaglie/Francisco Goya. Tauromachies and other battles enables the audience to discover a series of etchings by Goya among the most beautiful ones that he made: the sheets of the Tauromachia/Tauromachy, made between 1814 and 1816, between tragic chiaroscuros and amazing scenic inventions, tell the story of the endless struggle between bulls and bullfighters that, for the Spanish artist, becomes a great allegory of human vicissitudes.
In this series, representing the core of the exhibition, Goya displays all his sensitivity and technical skill by exploring the endless possibilities of etching. Together with the tauromachies, the core of the exhibition, there are on display other works by Goya, all original etchings, that revolve around the theme of battle, both metaphorically and literally: worth mentioning are the tragic and bloody compositions of the Disastri della guerra/Disasters of war, the great tablets of the Proverbi/Proverbs and the well-known series of the Capricci/Caprices among which stands out “Il sonno della ragione genera mostri/The sleep of reason produces monsters”, one of the most famous etchings by the artist.