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| Image | 1746-LaHaye-Hondt-01-032 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | Bernard Picart |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Quichotte prenant des Marionnettes pour des Maures croit en les combattant secourir deux Amans Fugitifs |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 26 |
| Subject |
26.3 DQ attacks and destroys the puppets |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 121 |
| Image Dimension | 195 x 153 |
| Page Dimension | 267 x 215 |
| Commentary | Centrifugal composition (more movement) where don Quixote is the center and the other figures form a "V".
On the left, the innkeeper and others. On the right, Sancho, the broken theater and others. Maese Pedro appears from inside the theater and his servant running away. Theatrical and baroque composition; all the characters are placed looking at the viewer and before a big curtain (backdrop). Drawing and engraving are masterly. |
| Notes | 1 - Copy after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1723).
2 - The composition has been turned and the format now is vertical, so Picart has enlarged the curtain (as J. Folkema did in La Haye: Gosse, 1744). |