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Image 1746-LaHaye-Hondt-01-043 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) 
Engraver Bernard Picart 
Lithographer  
Title Caption La Doloride affligée de sa barbe vient prier Don Quichotte de la Venger 
Title Supplied  
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 39 
Subject 39.2 The “dueñas” showing their beards
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number f.p. 159 
Image Dimension 193 x 149 
Page Dimension 267 x 215 
Commentary In a French court garden, countess Trifaldi shows her beard to don Quixote, amazing him and Sancho.
The composition is created with gestures and looks: the Duchess orders two maidens to be quiet; the Duke laughs; Sancho's surprised; don Quixote's astonished.
On the left, Trifaldín's figure is very remarkable, although he should hold a scimitar, not a mace.
Well-detailed drawing and engraving. 
Notes 1 - Copy after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, 1724).
2 - The composition has been turned and the format now is vertical, so Picart has enlarged the trees and the sky.
3 - Picart died in 1733, so the plate was engraved in this year or before.