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Image | 1905-1908Madrid-06-053 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | José Jiménez Aranda |
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Lithographer | |
Title Caption | ... haga vuestra merced, señora, de manera que queden algunas estopas, que.... |
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Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 16 |
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Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | II LÁMINAS |
Page Number | CAP. XVI. - 4. |
Image Dimension | 155 x 220 |
Page Dimension | 238 x 312 |
Commentary | "... «Pray, señora», he added, «manage to save some tow»...".
While the innkeeper's wife, with her daughter and Maritornes, is healing don Quixote's wounds, Sancho asks her to heal his too. 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 contrasts among the light effects produced by the lamp, the darkness of the room and the night sky with stars through the window, worth noting. |
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). |