The Duel between John Bulmer and Cazaio
Date1907
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"In the Second April," by James Branch Cabell, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, April 1907
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions23 1/2 × 16 3/8 in. (59.7 × 41.6 cm)
frame: 27 1/4 × 20 1/8 in. (69.2 × 51.1 cm)
frame: 27 1/4 × 20 1/8 in. (69.2 × 51.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-36
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn Cabell's tale of thwarted love and intrigues among the French nobility, written in satirically ornate language, a duel ensues between an aristocratic "rake" and a "captain of brigands" over the story's heroine. The action is witnessed by a "rascally" friar.
