35.1 Merlin’s prophecy about Dulcinea and remedy for her enchantment
Illustration Type
Chapter illustration
Technique
Burin engraving
Color
Black and white
Volume
IV
Page Number
f.p. 16
Image Dimension
124 x 68
Page Dimension
160 x 92
Commentary
In the foreground, with their backs turned to the viewer, as shadows, the Duke, the Duchess, don Quixote and Sancho; they observe the entry of Merlin´s cart with Dulcinea (in the background).
The scene is resolved with simplicity, without details and little accurate to Cervantes´text (Merlin should appear as Death, not as a magician).
Drawing and engraving are simple, but acceptable; light and shadow effects are forced.
Notes
1 - Copy after Clouzier's engraving (Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1700) after Savery's illustration for Dordrecht: Savery, 1657 (and later editions).
2 - Unsigned.
