Toreador cape

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20th century · silk, metallic · Costume Institute

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

20th century

Medium

silk, metallic

Culture

Spanish

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. T. Reed Vreeland, 1961