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Well-known scene; resolved with a traditional composition.
Excellent combination of lithographic pencil (drawing and shading), sepia background and reserves in white to create a very remarkable atmosphere and light/shadow effects.
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| Image | 1846-Paris-Didier-01-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Ange-Louis Janet "Janet-Lange" |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | Alfred-Léon Lemercier |
| Title Caption | Don Quichotte est armé Chevalier |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 3 |
| Subject |
3.4 DQ knighted at inn by innkeeper |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Lithography |
| Color | Printed in black on sepia background with reserves in white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 22 |
| Image Dimension | 167 x 110 |
| Page Dimension | 236 x 152 |
| Commentary | At the inn, don Quixote, knelt down, is knighted by the innkeeper; also two "ladies" (doña Molinera and doña Tolosa) and a boy holding a candle.
Well-known scene; resolved with a traditional composition. Excellent combination of lithographic pencil (drawing and shading), sepia background and reserves in white to create a very remarkable atmosphere and light/shadow effects. |
| Notes | 1 - "Esas lindas muchachas, que procuran contenerse la risa; ese ventero socarrón; ese Don Quijote en actitud orante, y ese rapaz murillesco que aguanta la vela, están vistos por un artista parisiense que probablemente ha leído el Viaje a España de Teófilo Gautier" (Givanel 210-212). |