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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-05-011
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	que se le pasaban las noches leyendo de claro en claro,...
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 1
	Subject	1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I LAMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. I. - 11.
	Image Dimension	174 x 220
	Page Dimension	238 X 312
	Commentary	"That at night he would pore on until it was day,...". At dawn, Alonso Quijano reading chivalry books at his room/library by the light of an oil lamp (he has been reading during the whole night). Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period setting, clothes and furniture; realistic and picturesque. Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light and shadow; don Quixote's expression is worth noting too.
	Notes	1 - The original drawing (Chinese ink and gouache white) was finished in 1898 in Sevilla and presented at the Exposition of Fine Arts of Barcelona (1898). 2 - "... nos muestra al maniático en una de aquellas noches que se le pasaban leyendo de claro en claro; por su traje ligero y desordenado, se comprende que ha dejado el lecho, y puesto de codos en su mesa, á la luz de un velón de Lucena, devora febril un infolio; otros tiene al lado, varios sobre una silla, y así le encuentra el alba que por la ventana se descubre. Hay algo de sublime en la vigorosa figura del loco, hay grandiosidad, hay un sentimiento profundo de ese momento en que la imaginación ve lo bueno y lo verdadero en lo ideal, más claramente que en la efímera realidad" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XXXI).