David Mattingly - Cover of King of Ys: Gallicinae by Karen and Poul Anderson

Painted for the cover of "King of Ys: Gallicenae" be Poul and Karen Anderson, published in 1987 for the edition by Baen Books. Approx size is 22 x 28".

It is featured alongside Roma Mater in "The Art of David Mattingly" published in 1996 by Paper Tiger. In the book Mattingly recounts how both paintings were created during his divorce from his first wife, who was used as a model for this painting. Both paintings incorporate symbolic elements of their divorce.