Tomb of the Cid, in the Convent of San Pedro de Cardeña. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Tomb of the Cid, in the Convent of San Pedro de Cardeña.
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain
Description: This image shows the tomb of the Cid. The figures on top are presumably statues of the Cid and Ximena. The Cid was not initially entombed, with his body instead being left on display for a number of years, but he was eventually moved.
Image Creator: John Jackson (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Wood engraving
Identifier: mta:11832
Language: eng
Source Name: The Cid: A Short Chronicle, Founded on the Early Poetry of Spain
Parent Collection: 1845 London Dennis Chronicle from Poem; 1845 London Dennis Chronicle from Poem
Image: mta_11832_OBJ.png
Collection: El Cid
Subject: Death; Tomb