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Unknown (after Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré)
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Initial G with Cupid stopping a Ana Félix' execution |
Part II, Madrid 1615
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Chapter 63 |
63.1 Episode of galleys at sea
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Initial
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Process / Photomechanical technique
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Black and white |
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1115 |
16 x 32 |
180 x 120 |
This illustration is a quite free interpretation.
According to Cervantes' text, the viceroy, seeing Ana Félix' beauty, stops his execution (by hanging) and he asks her about her story.
In the illustration, an executioner is ready to cut Ana Félix' head, but Cupid stops the axe. |
1 - Based on Doré's illustration for Paris: Hachette, 1863. |