Image 1906NewYork-02-057 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Daniel Urrabieta Vierge 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption Don Quixote Assails the Disciplinants. 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 52 
Subject 52.2 Encounter with penitents (disciplinantes)
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume II 
Page Number 405 
Image Dimension 158 x 113 
Page Dimension 255 x 180 
Commentary Don Quixote, on Rocinante, charges against the penitents of a procession carrying an image of the Virgin Mary; one of the penitents is ready to receive him with a wooden fork; in the background, the priest, Sancho, and others.
Vierge's style is absolutely masterly; scene resolved with remarkable realism.
Notice the perfect use of light and shadow, halftones and shading.
Usual in Vierge's illustrations, some element in black creates a worth noting contrast.
His short and fine drawing lines imitate etching. 
Notes 1 - Vierge's original drawings (Chinese ink and wash) were reproduced by photogravure (notice the plate mark); the specific technique used, heliogravure, allows an excellent reproduction both of the original wash halftones and of the lines.