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This kind of imaginative images are very in keeping with Romanticism and Doré's liking; also including some bloody elements (the cleft giants loose their intestines while running away).
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| Image | 1898-Amsterdam-Zonen-01-012 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré |
| Engraver | Héliodore Joseph Pisan (reproduced by process) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Hoe ridder Felix van Hircania met een slag zes reuzen door midden houwt. |
| 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 |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 216 |
| Image Dimension | 125 x 100 |
| Page Dimension | 215 x 157 |
| Commentary | Reference to the dialogue between the priest and the innkeeper about chivalric books; Felixmarte of Hircania, with one single backstroke, cleft five giants asunder through the middle.
This kind of imaginative images are very in keeping with Romanticism and Doré's liking; also including some bloody elements (the cleft giants loose their intestines while running away). |
| Notes | 1 - Process reproduction after Paris: Hachette, 1863. |