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| Image | 1755-Amsterdam-Arkstee-04-011 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | Jacob Folkema |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | La Señora Rodriga entreteniendose de noche con D. Quixote, cojido por las Donzellas de la Duquessa. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 48 |
| Subject |
48.1 Doña Rodríguez visits DQ at night in his room |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | IV |
| Page Number | f.p. 147 |
| Image Dimension | 125 x 75 |
| Page Dimension | 146 x 90 |
| Commentary | On the left, don Quixote, bandaged and in bed, and doña Rodríguez talking by the light of a candle (accurate to Cervantes' text).
From the right, Altisidora and other Duchess' maidens arrive holding their shoes; one of them is almost catching doña Rodríguez. Extraordinary detailed setting (furniture, canopy, clock...). Coypel has inserted one anecdotal element: a cat observing a mouse. Excellent light and shadow effects; remarkable engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Copy after Coypel's design (first appeared in Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30; also copied for La Haye: Pierre de Hondt, 1746).
2 - Same plate first engraved for La Haye: P. Gosse & A. Moetjens, 1744. |