[Queen Urraca is commanding her armies] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Queen Urraca is commanding her armies]
Subject: El Cid; Medieval legend; Queen
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Spain
Description: In this image Doña Urraca is leading her soldiers from the fortified wall of her castle. She is wearing a dark long flowing dress. There are soldiers next to her and they are all wearing armour and helmets. Two of them are carrying spears. On the tower next to these men there are more soldiers. Behind the tower with the soldiers there is another larger tower visible. Below the fortified wall there are more soldiers on horses carrying spears, those are the ones Doña Urraca is ordering. In the background there are mountains and a river.
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:11595
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_11595_OBJ.png