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Image | 1880-1883Barcelona-Montaner-02-168 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | José Luis Pellicer y Fener |
Engraver | |
Lithographer | Unknown |
Title Caption | «A QUIEN EN MI LOCURA HICE MI ESCUDERO....» |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 74 |
Subject |
74.2 DQ makes his will |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Chromolithography |
Color | In color |
Volume | II |
Page Number | f.p. 576 |
Image Dimension | 281 x 207 |
Page Dimension | 365 x 265 |
Commentary | Don Quixote, in bed, makes his will surrounded by the barber, Sansón Carrasco, the notary, the housekeeper, the priest, Sancho and the niece.
The drama of the scene has been represented perfectly balanced. On the one hand, the serene figures of the barber, Sansón Carrasco, the priest or don Quixote himself; on the other hand, the crying figures of Sancho and the niece. |
Notes | 1 - It has been used a variety of chromolithography known as oleography to imitate an oil painting.
2 - The illustration has been composed as a 19th century History painting. It is easy to relate this image with Eduardo Rosales' El testamento de Isabel La Católica (Casón del Buen Retiro, Madrid, 1864); notice the canopy, the notary, the distribution of figures, the carpet.... |