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In the background, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza represented in an ambiguous way. Are they real? (in a window) or fictitious? (in a painting).
Large size figure.
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| Image | 1923-London-Navarre-01-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | William Kent |
| Engraver | George Vertue (reproduced by process) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | RETRATO DE CERVANTES DE SAAVEDRA POR EL MISMO. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
| Subject |
02.1 Portrait of Cervantes |
| Illustration Type |
Portrait |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. xx |
| Image Dimension | 137 x 100 |
| Page Dimension | 223 x 145 |
| Commentary | Cervantes' portrait as a writer (holding a quill, at his library...) and as a soldier (helmet and sword on the wall).
In the background, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza represented in an ambiguous way. Are they real? (in a window) or fictitious? (in a painting). Large size figure. |
| Notes | 1 - Reproduced in reduced size after London: Tonson, 1738. |