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Image | 1964-Madrid-Nacional-01-060 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Enrique Herreros |
Engraver | |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Doña Rodríguez beaten by Duchess' maidens |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 48 |
Subject |
48.1 Doña Rodríguez visits DQ at night in his room |
Illustration Type |
Illustration |
Technique |
Offset |
Color | In color |
Volume | I |
Page Number | Plate 58 |
Image Dimension | 260 x 174 |
Page Dimension | 300 x 205 |
Commentary | At night, doña Rodríguez is beaten by Duchess' maidens (grasping her neck and whipping her bottom with a slipper); don Quixote observes the scene frightened from his bed, completely covered (and imagining enchanters/monsters).
Scene resolved with Herreros' personal, characteristic and parodic drawing style; notice the doña Rodríguez' bottom has been drawn as a human face, |
Notes | 1 - Signed and dated in 1950. |