Toreador cape

20th century

Not on view

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

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Exhibition History

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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