Bullfight (Goya)

Bullfight, Suerte de Varas
Year1824
Mediumoil paint, canvas
Dimensions495 mm (19.5 in) × 610 mm (24 in)
LocationGetty Center
CollectionJ. Paul Getty Museum 
Accession No.93.PA.1 

Bullfight (Spanish: Suerte de Varas) is an 1824 oil painting by Francisco Goya owned since 1992 by the J. Paul Getty Museum. When the museum bought the painting at auction in 1992, it shattered the artist's previous auction record. This piece shows Goya’s favorite form of entertainment: the controversial contest of bullfighting.