[The Cid and Jimena celebrating their wedding] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Cid and Jimena celebrating their wedding]
Subject: El Cid; Medieval legend; Wedding
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Spain
Description: The main focus on this image is the three characters in the front, Jimena, El Cid, and the Jester. El Cid is wearing a hat and tunic, with a cloak covering half of his chest. He has his hand on Jimena’s shoulder. He has a moustache. Jimena is wearing a dress and a headdress. The jester much closer to the fron of the image is wearing a jester hat with horns on top and little orbs at the end of it. He seems to be grinning. The other people in the background our soldiers wearing helmets and gear. The one nearest to El Cid is carrying a sword with him.
Image Creator: Mariano Foix (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:11567
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
Image: mta_11567_OBJ.png