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Pencil Portrait Nr. 4
Saturday, 6 November 2010 04:00 pmMeet Lady Kundry, Gawain's third (and last) wife. She first appears in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval as "l'Orgueilleuse de Logres" ("the haughty lady of Logres"), a soubriquet that Wolfram von Eschenbach turns into a proper name, Orgeluse von Logrois. Another one of her epithets is "la mauvaise pucelle" or "the evil maiden". I think that explains the less-than-amiable expression I gave her :).
Actually, Kundry is a kind of medieval female version of Snape. She is heartbroken, bitter, vindictive and has a sharp tongue. Insulting people (especially men) seems her second nature, and she makes no exception for Gawain. Of course I adore her ;).
I dressed Kundry in a 12th-century "bliaut", the kind of dress she could have worn in Chrétien's story, and gave her a matching hairstyle. For the twelfth century, at least, I can find a few good sources for clothing - that is less easy for the sixth. I'm not sure how likely my colour scheme is, though.
My only regret is that it's going to take a long while until we get to her part of the story :/. I'll probably draw her plenty just for fun until we make it there.
Actually, Kundry is a kind of medieval female version of Snape. She is heartbroken, bitter, vindictive and has a sharp tongue. Insulting people (especially men) seems her second nature, and she makes no exception for Gawain. Of course I adore her ;).
I dressed Kundry in a 12th-century "bliaut", the kind of dress she could have worn in Chrétien's story, and gave her a matching hairstyle. For the twelfth century, at least, I can find a few good sources for clothing - that is less easy for the sixth. I'm not sure how likely my colour scheme is, though.
My only regret is that it's going to take a long while until we get to her part of the story :/. I'll probably draw her plenty just for fun until we make it there.
