Detail View: The AMICA Library: Knight on a Charger Approaching the Three Giants

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1963.31
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name: 
Doré, Gustave
Creator Nationality: 
European; French
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
French; 1832-1883
Creator Name-CRT: 
Gustave Doré
Title: 
THe Princess is Held Captive
Title Type: 
preferred
Title: 
Princess is Held Captive by the Three Giants (From Legend of a Knight, a Princess and Three Giants)
Title Type: 
alternate
Title: 
Knight on a Charger Approaching the Three Giants
Title Type: 
alternate
View: 
full view
Creation Date: 
=c. 1879 wkg J79c
Creation Start Date: 
1869
Creation End Date: 
1883
Materials and Techniques: 
Medium: Watercolor, with touches of gouache, and pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream card, laid down on blue cardRemarks: Related to illustrations in 1879 edition of "Roland Furieux" (J79c)Which scene from Orlando Furioso is illustrated? (LG)
Classification Term: 
watercolor
Classification Term: 
Drawing
Classification Term: 
Prints and Drawings
Creation Place: 
Europe,France
Dimensions: 
Height: 444 mm., Width: 364 mm.
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1963.31
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, Olivia Shaler Swan Fund
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.D14208.tif