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Dutch "Deathly Hallows" Cover Art Released, French "Hallows" Promotional Image Shown

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Posted by: Edward
September 03, 2007, 05:47 PM

Following on the heels of the German cover art we first showed you last month, the Dutch publishers of the Harry Potter novels have revealed the cover art for their edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The image, which can be seen here in our Image Galleries thanks to PotterManiac, does contain slight book spoilers for readers who have not yet read the book.

On a related note, Gallimard, who publish the Harry Potter novels in France, released a promotional drawing of Harry Potter at the age of 17. You can see this image drawn by artist Jean-Claude Götting here courtesy of UHP.

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44 Comments

Atb

It’s the Dutch one!!! Not Danish.

Posted by Atb on September 03, 2007, 05:53 PM report to moderator
Luna

Why would the Dutch publishers reveal the Danish cover?? lol!

anyway, I’m Dutch and I always love our coverart, but I’m not too excited about this one…it could have been better..oh well, still nice.

Posted by Luna on September 03, 2007, 06:07 PM report to moderator
Dawn

Ohh nice cover art. Not exactly how I’d picture the dragon, but interesting that it’s the cover art.

Posted by Dawn on September 03, 2007, 06:13 PM report to moderator
Moreteadk

Dear Leaky… I suspect you’ve got your geography mixed up. That’s not the danish cover, that’s the dutch cover, and Denmark and the Netherlands are two completely different countries. :)

(And I’m fairly certain the danish editions aren’t published from abroad too…)

Moreteadk (currently rather amused)

Posted by Moreteadk on September 03, 2007, 06:14 PM report to moderator
Tarana

Hmm, I think it has to grow on me. Not as great as the other Dutch covers, but nice. And I like the little deer!

Posted by Tarana on September 03, 2007, 06:20 PM report to moderator
lindsay

Its not my favorite cover art…but the little stag is a cute touch!! i think it looks too fantasy-like, if that makes sense!

Posted by lindsay on September 03, 2007, 06:34 PM report to moderator
Sidsel

I didn´t really get it either, did the Dutch have the Danish cover?... hah.. Now I get it, just as I thought my country wasn´t completely invisble..

Posted by Sidsel on September 03, 2007, 07:11 PM report to moderator
Axel

A lot of the fan art that is posted in the galleries would make a much better cover (and is probably done by more talented people who actually love the series).

The dragon looks like an iguana, and at least the artist should had drawn the trio jumping and not just the splash in the water.

Posted by Axel on September 03, 2007, 07:21 PM report to moderator
Ralston

Ha, ha. Love the little splash under the dragon. Wonder which one of the trio that was!

Posted by Ralston on September 03, 2007, 07:41 PM report to moderator
redbeard

shut it axel! I’m sorry, but don’t insult the dutch covers. They are better than the american ones and defenitely more consistend. They’ve got great sense of detail and beautiful use of colour and they don’t spoil plotpoints. They never show the characters faces. That way more is left to you’re amagination. Don’t get me wrong, I like the U.S. and U.K. version as well, but they just aren’t really original. sorry mate, it’s the truth.

Posted by redbeard on September 03, 2007, 07:41 PM report to moderator
Atb

@ Axel: The Dutch artist has never drawn someone’s face on the cover. We have to use our own imagination. :P

Posted by Atb on September 03, 2007, 07:45 PM report to moderator
Lupinicon

redbeard, the UK/US not original? LOL FIrst, when I saw the shaky YouTube vid, I wasn’t very excited. But with the Hi-res image, i’m fairly pleased. I’m from the Netherlands myself, but this is my least favourite sadly :(

Posted by Lupinicon on September 03, 2007, 07:56 PM report to moderator
Karrelien

I love the dutch / flemisch art! I prefer these ones over the US and UK versions. Altough I must admit that this particular one isn’t my favorite one.

Posted by Karrelien on September 03, 2007, 08:04 PM report to moderator
Jason

How many people have to point out that they got the covers source location wrong. I believe one comment regarding the matter is good enough.

Posted by Jason on September 03, 2007, 08:15 PM report to moderator
redbeard

I’m not sure if it’s really less than the previous dutch covers. I think people just had very high hopes because it’s the last book. They can’t please everyone.

Posted by redbeard on September 03, 2007, 09:01 PM report to moderator
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