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Image | 1905-1908Madrid-06-016 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | José Jiménez Aranda |
Engraver | |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Entre seis dellos traían unas andas cubiertas de mucha diversidad de flores y de ramos. |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 13 |
Subject |
13.1 Episode of Grisóstomo and Marcela, continuation |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | II LÁMINAS |
Page Number | CAP. XIII. - 7. |
Image Dimension | 220 x 155 |
Page Dimension | 312 x 238 |
Commentary | "Six of the number were carrying a bier covered with a great variety of flowers and branches".
Procession of shepherds wearing black sheepskins; six of them carry a bier with Grisóstomo's corpse (covered with flowers and branches); others hold several tools to dig his tomb. Remarkable composition and illustration, with good variety of figures and gestures. 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 - "... sobresale [...] por más original, movido y de más efecto pictórico, la aparición de las andas en que por entre una agreste cañada conducen al muerto los zagales coronados" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLIV). |