El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, Castilian nobleman
Illustration from the life of El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (c1043-1099), Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain - seen here on his war horse. He was immortalised in a 12th century Spanish epic poem, El Cantar de Mio Cid, and is the subject of a play by Pierre Corneille, an opera by Jules Massenet, and a film starring Charlton Heston
Picture No
12548467
Media ID
47664469
Size
4570px x 5025px
(2.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving by Jackson in The Penny Magazine', 16 January 1841, page 27
Date
11th century
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