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Image 1905-1908Madrid-05-117 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption entraron dentro todos y la ama con ellos, 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 6 
Subject 6.2 Scrutiny of DQ’s library
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume I LAMINAS 
Page Number CAP. VI. - 1. 
Image Dimension 220 x 150 
Page Dimension 312 x 238 
Commentary "They all went in, the housekeeper with them,".
The priest and the barber, followed by the housekeeper and the niece, enter in don Quixote's library; their gestures and expressions of curiosity are excellent.
Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period setting (detailed and superb), clothes and details; realistic and picturesque.
Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light. 
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 - "... dibujos del capítulo VI, llenos de expresión y de gracia" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XL).