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Image | 1719-Amberes-Verdussen-01-008 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Jacob Savery (copied after) |
Engraver | Unknown |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote fighting with the windmills and with the Basque |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 8 |
Subject |
8.2 Adventure of the windmills (giants) 8.3 Episode with friars of St. Benedict 8.4 Adventure with the Basque |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 52 |
Image Dimension | 145 x 80 |
Page Dimension | 181 x 110 |
Commentary | Three different scenes in the same plate (archaic):
In the background, the first one: don Quixote attacks the windmills while Sancho tries to stop him. In the middle ground, the second one: Sancho is beaten by the Benedictine monks' servants. In the foreground, don Quixote fights with the Basque, while a Basque lady observes them from her carriage. The Basque holding a stool is not accurate to Cervantes' text; it should be a cushion. Clumsy drawing, figures without movement and wrong perspective (windmills). |
Notes | Same plate first engraved for Brussels: Mommarte, 1662, which copied Savery's design badly (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657). |