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Image | 1863Paris-Hachette-01-104 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré |
Engraver | Héliodore Joseph Pisan |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | UN JOUR, S'ÉTANT PLACÉ A L'ENTRÉE D'UN PONT AVEC UNE ÉPÉE A DEUX MAINS, IL FERMA LE PASSAGE A TOUTE UNE ARMÉE. |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 32 |
Subject |
32.3 Priest discourse about chivalric tales, truth and fiction |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 256 |
Image Dimension | 247 X 196 |
Page Dimension | 433 x 313 |
Commentary | Reference to the dialogue between the priest and the innkeeper about chivalry novels; Diego García de Paredes, posted with a two-handed sword at the foot of a bridge, kept the whole of an immense army from passing over it.
This kind of medieval and legendary images (supposedly real according to the priest) are very in keeping with Romanticism and Doré's liking. Excellent drawing and engraving; notice the representation of the army, the variety of soldiers, and the mountain landscape. |
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