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| Image | 1905-1908Madrid-05-031 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | José Jiménez Aranda |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | luego que vió la venta se le representó que era un castillo.... |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 2 |
| Subject |
2.2. DQ arrives at inn (castle) |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I LAMINAS |
| Page Number | CAP. II. - 8. |
| Image Dimension | 220 X 124 |
| Page Dimension | 312 X 238 |
| Commentary | "He no sooner saw the inn but he fancied it to be a castle...".
Don Quixote spying a castle as imagined by himself. Remarkable contrast between the realistic and picturesque image of don Quixote on Rocinante in an accurate landscape and the imagined and perfectly-detailed castle. Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light and shadow. |
| 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 - "... contempla el soberbio castillo que á sus ojos parece la venta" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XXXIII). |