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Image | 1924-Berlin-Eigenbrodler-03-001-f |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Daniel-Nicolas Chodowiecki |
Engraver | Daniel-Nicolas Chodowiecki |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | The enchanted Dulcinea falls from her donkey |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 10 |
Subject |
10.2 The three labradoras 10.3 SP presents to DQ the enchanted Dulcinea |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | III |
Page Number | f. title page |
Image Dimension | 125 x 67 |
Page Dimension | 195 x 144 |
Commentary | Don Quixote tries to help the enchanted Dulcinea, who has fallen off her donkey; meanwhile, Sancho laughs (he knows the deceit).
Original scene. Scene resolved with realism and with anecdotal details (one donkey smelling another), but also with idealized figures (peasant girls). |
Notes | 1 - Plate dated in 1775.
2 - Same plate first engraved for Weimar/Leipzig: Fritschischen Buchhandlung, 1775. 3 - Placed as frontispiece. |