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| Image | 1898-Amsterdam-Zonen-01-013 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré |
| Engraver | Héliodore Joseph Pisan (reproduced by process) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Garcia de Paredes' gevecht op de brug. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 32 |
| Subject |
32.3 Priest discourse about chivalric tales, truth and fiction |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 248 |
| Image Dimension | 125 x 100 |
| Page Dimension | 215 x 157 |
| Commentary | Reference to the dialogue between the priest and the innkeeper about chivalric books; Diego García de Paredes, posted with a two-handed sword at the foot of a bridge, kept the whole of an immense army from passing over it.
This kind of medieval and legendary images (supposedly real according to the priest) are very in keeping with Romanticism and Doré's liking. Excellent drawing; notice the representation of the army, the variety of soldiers, and the mountain landscape. |
| Notes | 1 - Process reproduction after Paris: Hachette, 1863.
2 - Placed in chapter 39:1. |