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 - parting from his wife, Ximena Gomez, who begs him to stay. 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
12548500
Media ID
47664501
Size
4746px x 6104px
(4.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving by Jackson in The Penny Magazine, February 1841, page 75
Date
11th century
