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Image 1905-1908Madrid-05-074 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption ... se vino á donde Don Quijote estaba, 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 3 
Subject 3.4 DQ knighted at inn by innkeeper
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume I LAMINAS 
Page Number CAP. III. - 23. 
Image Dimension 154 x 220 
Page Dimension 238 x 312 
Commentary "... he returned to where Don Quixote stood,".
At the inn courtyard, the innkeeper, accompanied by a young groom holding a candle, and the two party girls, gets ready to knight don Quixote, who stands still leant against the water trough.
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; notice the full-moonlight and candle effects. 
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 - "No menos notables son los dibujos que nos representan la grave pantomima que con Don Quijote hicieron, por seguirle el humor, el ventero y las mozas, de armarle caballero, con las ceremonias del espaldarazo, ceñirle la espada y calzarle la espuela, que dan lugar a excelentes composiciones, cuya serie termina con las que representan á Don Quijote, primero ensillando su Rocinante, y luego abrazando al ventero, en reconocimiento á la merced recibida" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XXXVI).