[Montesino Gifts the Heart of Durandarte to the lady Belerma] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Montesino Gifts the Heart of Durandarte to the lady Belerma]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Montesinos (right) kneels on one knee with a dagger equipped by his side, and gifts the heart of his friend Durandarte to the lady Belerma (left) on a large plate. Belerma, sitting on a courtly chair, turns her head to her left and shields her eyes from the raw heart, her right hand extending beyond her side.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26334
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26334_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Gifts; Literature; Weapons; History; Literature; Knights and knighthood in art