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3.4 DQ knighted at inn by innkeeper
The first one, in the background: don Quixote fights with the muleteers during the vigil of his arms.
The second one, in the foreground: don Quixote is knighted by the innkeeper while doña Molinera fits his spurs and doña Tolosa his sword.
The boy holding a candle that appears in Cervantes' text is missing.
Simple drawing; illustration with not many details and with very basic burin lines.
"La venta donde el héroe es armado caballero, en pleno día -cuando Cervantes la describió en plena noche-, es una vasta y buena posada flamenca, con amplias dependencias y árboles frondosos. Las mozas del partido son sirvientas solícitas, de carnes blancas y abundantes. El ventero viste como un burgués de Gante, con sombrero emplumado y espada al cinto" (Givanel 108-109).
Frederik Bouttats "the Young" (? - 1676): Engraver in Amberes, he is one of the most important engravers in the 17th century. He engraved portraits of artists and personalities of his own time (Louis XIII, Felipe II King of Spain, Cristina Queen of Sweden, Cromwell, the Duke of Brabant, the architect L. van Heil, the painters J.-B. van Heil and David Ryckaert...), religious subjects and illustrations for several editions ("Images of men of spirit", 1649). In 1643, he was part of the Guild of Saint Luke in Amberes. He had twenty-four sons and daughters; some of them were engravers for publishers in Amberes and Colonia (Benezit: 1976, II, 249).