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| Image | 1774-Paris-02-013 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | R. Brunet |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | La Dame Rodrigue, s'entretenant de nuit avec Dom Quichotte, est surprise par les Demoiselles de la Duchesse. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 48 |
| Subject |
48.1 Doña Rodríguez visits DQ at night in his room |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 121 |
| Image Dimension | 128 x 78 |
| Page Dimension | 183 x 118 |
| Commentary | On the left, don Quixote, bandaged and in bed, and doña Rodríguez talking by the light of a candle (accurate to Cervantes' text).
From the right, Altisidora and other Duchess' maidens arrive holding their shoes; one of them is almost catching doña Rodríguez. Extraordinary detailed setting (furniture, canopy, clock...). Coypel has inserted one anecdotal element: a cat observing a mouse. Excellent light and shadow effects; drawing and engraving of great quality. |
| Notes | 1 - Good copy in a reduced size after Picart's plate with Coypel's design for La Haye: P. de Hondt, 1746.
2 - Plate XXVII. |