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The painting shows Victorine Meurent dressed as an espada, a Spanish bullfighter. Meurent is set in a bullring, with a bull about to attack a picador mounted on a horse in the background. The sword in Meurent's right hand suggests that she is prepared to kill the bull. Meurent is staring directly at the viewer rather than the bull. In the far back of the painting are a group of toreros who watch while keeping a safe distance. Meurent carries a pink cape that is not the traditional muleta color a male bullfighter would carry; her shoes are likewise untraditional.
Victorine Meurent muleta