[The Cid courting Jimena] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Cid courting Jimena]
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Spain
Description: El Cid is riding on a horse while holding a bird. He is looking at Jimena as she also looks back at him. Jimena is wearing black robes with her head covered by them. She is walking in what appears to be a courtyard with trees and shrubbery in the background. There are two columns separating two different entrances. On the other side of the wall dividing the courtyard and the road, El Cid is sitting on his brown horse. He is wearing a tunic, pants and a hat. His hat has a feather on it. He is wearing gloves with a sheath; on this sheath is a dagger. A white cloth covers the horse.
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:11564
Language: spa
Source Name: Romancero Selecto del Cid, con un prólogo de D. Manuel Mila y Fontanals, Catedrático de la Universidad de Barcelona, presidente honorario de la Academia de Buenas Letras, etc., etc.
Parent Collection: 1884 Barcelona Milá; 1884 Barcelona Milá
Image: mta_11564_OBJ.png
Collection: El Cid
Subject: El Cid; Medieval legend; Courtship