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25.5 DQ performs mad acts
Well-known scene and composition since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657).
Drawing and engraving are quite poor.
2 - Copy after Crepy's plate with Bonnard's design for Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1732.
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| Image | 1777-Paris-Bailly-01-010 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Bonnard (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Quichotte, à l'imitation du Beau tenebreux, fait des Folies devant Sancho. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 25 |
| Subject |
25.4 SP’s embassy to Dulcinea; 25.5 DQ performs mad acts |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 305 |
| Image Dimension | 117 x 70 |
| Page Dimension | 163 x 96 |
| Commentary | In Sierra Morena, don Quixote makes some somersaults (love penance) before Sancho leaves for El Toboso mounted on Rocinante; the squire holds a broom bunch (accurate to Cervantes' text).
Well-known scene and composition since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657). Drawing and engraving are quite poor. |
| Notes | 1 – Same plate also used in Paris: Chez Barrois Aîné, 1777, and Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne, Libraire, 1777.
2 - Copy after Crepy's plate with Bonnard's design for Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1732. |