One of a kind, Bullfight in a Divided Ring is attributed to Francisco de Goya, Spain’s most celebrated painter and printmaker. The work captures the intensity of the bullring, where man and beast clash in violent spectacle, a subject Goya explored repeatedly in paintings and his renowned print series. More than a national pastime, the bullfight became for Goya a metaphor of danger, mortality, and the theater of human struggle. Though some critics see this painting as an imitation of earlier compositions, its daring structure and spirited brushwork—especially in the bustling crowd—point toward Goya’s own hand. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue, Gallery 641, this canvas embodies the drama and cultural identity of eighteenth-century Spain.