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Image | 1924-Berlin-Eigenbrodler-02-007 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Daniel-Nicolas Chodowiecki |
Engraver | Daniel-Nicolas Chodowiecki |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote and the wineskins |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 35 |
Subject |
35.2 Adventure of wineskins |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | II |
Page Number | f.p. 96 |
Image Dimension | 127 x 67 |
Page Dimension | 195 x 144 |
Commentary | Well-known scene.
In the foreground, don Quixote, asleep and with a blanket around his arm, fights with the wine skins. In the background, the innkeeper ready to beat him; Sancho Panza, the barber, the priest and others observe them. Sancho's face is grotesque, deformed, influenced by German tradition. |
Notes | 1 - Dated in 1775.
2 - Same plate first engraved for Weimar/Leipzig: Fritschischen Buchhandlung, 1775. |