Toreador cape
Matador Juan Belmonte (1893-1962) was eulogized by the New York Herald Tribune: "In his day, he was the greatest of them all, the idol of a generation, the dark genius of the bull-fighting mystique who became one of the central characters in Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon." Mrs. Vreeland prized the bullfight's excitement and exaggeration governed by formalities.
Artwork Details
- Title: Toreador cape
- Date: 20th century
- Culture: Spanish
- Medium: silk, metallic
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. T. Reed Vreeland, 1961
- Object Number: C.I.61.3.1
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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