Etching, sepia, 30 x 25 cm (inside dimensions of a triple mat), framed. Dimensions: 60 x 46 cm;
signed in pencil lower right “Dali” and on the plate lower left; numbered in pencil 170/250 lower right.
Publisher: Jean Shneider, Basel;
; artist: Atelier Rigal
The work is titled “El Cid” (also known as Le Cid or The Cid). It depicts Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, an 11th-century Castilian knight and legendary leader of the Reconquista, immortalized by Dalí in a dynamic, expressive pose on horseback, with a shield adorned with a cross and a raised lance.
The print “El Cid” (M&L 251 / Field 68-1 C) is part of the famous series of five prints “The Five Spanish Immortals” (also known as “Les Cinq Espagnols” / The Five Spanish Immortals).
