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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-05-200
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	... tomó un puño de bellotas en la mano, y, mirándolas atentamente, soltó la voz á semejantes razones: «Dichosa edad y siglos dichosos....
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	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 11
	Subject	11.2 Golden Age speech
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I LAMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. XI. - 9.
	Image Dimension	220 x 152
	Page Dimension	312 x 238
	Commentary	"... he took up a handful of the acorns, and, looking on them attentively, gave utterance to the following harangue...". Don Quixote, surrounded by the goatherds and Sancho, begins his speech about the Golden Age; notice the good variety of gestures and expressions. 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 - "... las escenas pastoriles evocan recuerdos virgilianos, [...] composiciones llenas de vigor y de originalísimos efectos de claro-obscuro, que de color parecen según la riqueza de tonos conseguida en algunos trozos" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLIII).