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Image 1905-1908Madrid-05-201 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption Eran en aquella santa edad todas las cosas comunes... Entonces sí que andaban las simples y hermosas.... 
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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. - 10. 
Image Dimension 220 x 153 
Page Dimension 312 x 238 
Commentary "In that period of innocence, all things were in common... Then did the simple and beauteous...".
Bucolic scene and idyllic landscape relative to don Quixote's speech about the Golden Age; flowers, acorns, bees, flock of sheep, beautiful shepherdesses, crystal-clear water streams, trees with fruits...
Imaginative and original illustration.
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 - "El famoso discurso de la edad de oro da lugar á una hermosa alegoría de los pastores de la Arcadia y del gallardo Dafnis" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLIII-XLIV).