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Image 1905-1908Madrid-06-052 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption En esta maldita cama se acostó Don Quijote, y luego la ventera y su hija le emplastaron.... 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 16 
Subject 16.1 DQ and SP arrival at second inn
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume II LÁMINAS 
Page Number CAP. XVI. - 3. 
Image Dimension 150 x 220 
Page Dimension 238 x 312 
Commentary "On this accursed bed Don Quixote stretched himself, and the hostess and her daughter soon covered him with plasters...".
The innkeeper's wife and her daughter healing don Quixote's wounds; Maritornes lights the scene holding a lamp; and Sancho and the innkeeper (Juan Palomeque) observe them.
Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period clothes, setting and details; realistic and picturesque.
Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light and shadow with impressionist effects; notice the light effects produced by the lamp. 
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 - "... dibujos llenos de gracia y de expresión. [...] Las sombras reales, pero gigantescas, que de los personajes proyecta el candil en la pared, en los pasajes de la cura que hacen las mujeres de los apaleados [...] prestan mayor interés á estos dibujos" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLV).