Rare complete Goya Tauromaquia set discovered in French château, headed to Sotheby's auction

A complete set of Francisco Goya's Tauromaquia etchings, 33 prints in pristine condition, has been discovered hidden on a bookshelf at Château de Montigny in Eure-et-Loir, France. The prints, created between 1815 and 1816, were found by new heirs alongside 90 lithographs by H. Bellangé. The album is estimated to have arrived at the château around 1831 from the court of Madrid, where Goya served as court painter to King Charles IV. Sotheby's London will auction the set on April 4 with a pre-sale estimate of £300,000–500,000, though a comparable set sold at Christie's New York in April 2013 for $1.9 million, a record for Goya prints.