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| Image | 1905-1908Madrid-05-047 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | José Jiménez Aranda |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | ... una porción de mal remojado y peor cocido bacalao, y un pan tan negro.... |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 2 |
| Subject |
2.4. DQ’s dinner at inn |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I LAMINAS |
| Page Number | CAP. II. - 24. |
| Image Dimension | 157 x 220 |
| Page Dimension | 238 x 312 |
| Commentary | "... and the landlord bronght [sic] him a portion of ill-waked and worse cooked stockfish...".
The innkeeper serves don Quixote's dinner; also in the scene the party girls (one of the them with a muleteer in the background) and a young groom; the figure of the innkeeper is specially remarkable. 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. |
| 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). |