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Image | 1746-LaHaye-Hondt-01-045 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Bernard Picart |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Don Quichotte et Sancho montes sur un cheval de bois s'imaginent traverser les airs pour aller vanger Doloride |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 41 |
Subject |
41.1 Adventure of Clavileño 41.2 DQ and SP fly on Clavileño |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 170 |
Image Dimension | 195 x 154 |
Page Dimension | 267 x 215 |
Commentary | Don Quixote and Sancho mounted on Clavileño while several servants simulate its flight with a pair of bellows and torches; one of them has lighted its fuse.
The Duke and Duchess observe the scene. Set in a Versailles like garden (baroque architectures, hedges, one terminus...). Well-known composition since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657), but now it has been enriched. Light and shadow effects are remarkable. Excellent drawing and engraving. |
Notes | 1 - Although Picart signs as "del. et sculp.", this is a copy after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30).
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. |