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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-06-054
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	... y sentándose en el lecho como pudo, tomando de la mano á la ventera le dijo: «creedme, fermosa señora, que....
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	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 16
	Subject
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	II LÁMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. XVI. - 5.
	Image Dimension	155 x 220
	Page Dimension	238 x 312
	Commentary	"... and sitting up in bed as well as he could, and taking the hostess by the hand he said to her: believe me fair lady...". Don Quixote thanks the innkeeper's wife that she has healed his wounds. Also in the scene, the inkeeper's daughter, Maritornes, Sancho and the innkeeper (?). 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 and shadow 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).