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	Image	1906b-NY-Scribners-02-020
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Daniel Urrabieta Vierge
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	The ermine
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 33
	Subject	33.1 Reading at inn of the tale of El curioso impertinente (Anselmo, Lotario and Camila)
	Illustration Type	Vignette
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	II
	Page Number	106
	Image Dimension	72 x 52
	Page Dimension	255 x 180
	Commentary	Reference to the advice given by Lotario to Alselmo; Lotario compares the honest and chaste woman with a white ermine; the ermine prefers to be hunted rather than to lose its whiteness running away through the mire (notice the hunters in the background). Vierge's style is absolutely masterly. Notice the perfect use of light and shadow, halftones and shading. Usual in Vierge's illustrations, some element in black creates a worth noting contrast. His short and fine drawing lines imitate etching and aquatint.
	Notes	1 - Vierge's original drawings (Chinese ink and wash) were reproduced by photogravure (notice the plate mark); the specific technique used, heliogravure, allows an excellent reproduction both of the original wash halftones and of the lines.