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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-05-013
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	Y lo primero que hizo fué limpiar unas armas....
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	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 1
	Subject	1.2 Alonso Quixano (AQ) becomes the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha (DQ)
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I LAMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. I. - 13.
	Image Dimension	143 x 220
	Page Dimension	238 X 312
	Commentary	"The first thing he did was to scour a suit of armour....". Alonso Quijano, already don Quixote, cleaning the rusty old armour of his ancestors; the greyhound observes him. Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period setting, clothes and details; realistic and picturesque. Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light and shadow effects.
	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 - "... aparece el extraviado hidalgo (que, de las imaginaciones provocadas por sus lecturas, quiere pasar á los hechos) en el corral, bajo la parra, limpiando las armas..." (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XXXII).