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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-05-153
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	en alta voz dijo: gente endiablada y descomunal, dejad luego al punto las altas princesas que....
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	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 8
	Subject	8.3 Episode with friars of St. Benedict
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I LAMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. VIII. - 15.
	Image Dimension	148 x 220
	Page Dimension	238 x 312
	Commentary	"He cried aloud: Devilish and unnatural beings release instantly the highborn princesses...". Don Quixote, believing that two Benedictine monks are magicians, orders them to release the "princesses" locked up in the carriage. Notice the diagonal composition (depth): friars and their grooms (right foreground), don Quixote mounted on Rocinante in the middle of the road (center middle ground) and Sancho on his donkey observing the scene (left background). Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period clothes and details; realistic and picturesque. Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light and shadow with impressionist effects.
	Notes	1 – Reproduction of the original sketch (Chinese ink and gouache white). Jiménez Aranda meant to paint a more-finished drawing after this sketch using natural sceneries and real models, but he died before completing the project. 2 - "Lo que avalora esencialmente á todas ellas, lo mismo bocetos que dibujos del natural, es el espíritu con que viven y expresan la acción de los personajes de la novela; espíritu que suele revelarse por modo más espontáneo y vivo en los bocetos, y de aquí que haya quien los prefiera á los dibujos del natural. Los bocetos encierran la concepción primera y feliz desarrollo de los variados asuntos..." (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLI).