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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-05-055
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	No esperaba yo menos de la gran magnificencia vuestra,...
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	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 3
	Subject	3.1 DQ at inn
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I LAMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. III. - 4.
	Image Dimension	155 x 220
	Page Dimension	238 x 312
	Commentary	"I expected no less from your great magnificence,...". At the inn stable, don Quixote thanks the innkeeper that he has agreed to knight him. Fourth and last of four illustrations about the same scene; almost as photograms. 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 1899 in Sevilla and presented at the National Exposition of Madrid (1899). 2 - "Prosigue en el capítulo III lo de la venta, desarrollando en tres dibujos la escena con el ventero, con quien Don Quijote se encierra en la caballeriza para rogarle le arme caballero. El asombro del ventero, la actitud del caballero puesto de hinojos, y su gratitud cuando aquél le promete complacerle, son rasgos felices" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XXXV).