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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-05-154
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	y, la lanza baja, arremetió contra el primero fraile con tanta furia y denuedo,....
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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. - 16.
	Image Dimension	155 x 220
	Page Dimension	238 x 312
	Commentary	"And with levelled lance charged the first friar with such fury and determination,...". Don Quixote charges against one of the Benedictine friars; the monk falls from his mule onto the ground; the other friar and the grooms run away; Sancho observes the scene. 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 sketching (Chinese ink and gouache white). Jiménez Aranda meant to paint a more-finished drawing after this sketching 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).