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In the background, sketched, Sancho and don Diego.
Don Quixote's figure is remarkable.
Notice a "Spanish" detail: the lionkeeper has been represented as Goya's "majos".
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| Image | 1846-Paris-Didier-01-010 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Ange-Louis Janet "Janet-Lange" |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | Alfred-Léon Lemercier |
| Title Caption | Don Quichotte provoque les lions d'une ménagerie |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 17 |
| Subject |
17.2 Adventure of the lion |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Lithography |
| Color | Printed in black on sepia background with reserves in white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 380 |
| Image Dimension | 167 x 112 |
| Page Dimension | 236 x 152 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote ready to fight with a lion, but the animal remains into its cage although the lionkeeper has opened it.
In the background, sketched, Sancho and don Diego. Don Quixote's figure is remarkable. Notice a "Spanish" detail: the lionkeeper has been represented as Goya's "majos". |
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