The Cavaliers of King Arthur, from the series “Tristan and Iseult”

Salvador Dali

1970

  • Titles The Cavaliers of King Arthur, from the series "Tristan and Iseult" (Title)
  • Artist Salvador Dalí, Spanish, 1904 - 1989
  • Medium engraving, drypoint
  • Dimensions sheet: 17 11/16 × 12 5/8 in. (44.9 × 32.1 cm) plate: 15 5/8 × 10 1/2 in. (39.7 × 26.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Lou Ann and Allen Poppleton, 1980.210.13
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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In the middle of the composition a barrel of grapes spills toward the viewer. In the right foreground a brown-robed monk raises a weapon topped with a cross, preparing to strike a male on the ground in front of him. Others have already been struck, and more figures flee into the right background. To the left of the image monks gather to listen to a white-robed bishop holding a crozier. Outside the framing lines of the image, the artist tested colors and brushstrokes in all four margins.
Recto: Four studies of female figures. Strip of pale pink wash (?) down length of right edge, approximately 1.5 cm wide. Verso: Five male studies: two executioner figures, one elderly man with child (Simeon and Christ Child?); two male figures, unidentifiable
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