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Dorotea's movement is well-resolved (hair, clothes...).
Bucolic setting.
2 - Plate V. Dated in 1779.
3 - Same plate first engraved for Leipzig: Caspar Fritsch, 1780-81.
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| Image | 1924-Berlin-Eigenbrodler-02-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Daniel-Nicolas Chodowiecki |
| Engraver | Daniel Berger |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Dorotea running away |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 28 |
| Subject |
28.1 Priest, barber and Cardenio encounter Dorotea |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 124 x 70 |
| Page Dimension | 195 x 144 |
| Commentary | Usually-represented episode in 18th century editions (Dorotea washing her feet), but Chodowiecki has chosen a not so usual instant: Dorotea runs away when the priest, the barber and Cardenio surprise her.
Dorotea's movement is well-resolved (hair, clothes...). Bucolic setting. |
| Notes | 1 - Placed as frontispiece.
2 - Plate V. Dated in 1779. 3 - Same plate first engraved for Leipzig: Caspar Fritsch, 1780-81. |