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Image | 1776-1777-Copenhaguen-Forlag-04-004 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Unsigned (Johan-Jakob-Georg Haas?) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Og ftræbede, end fkiönt forgiæves, at Komme op i en ftor Eeg |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 34 |
Subject |
34.1 Night procession and hunt |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | IV |
Page Number | f.p. 17 |
Image Dimension | 126 x 89 |
Page Dimension | 188 x 120 |
Commentary | Coypel emphasizes drama in this scene.
An enormous wild boar, surrounded by hunting dogs, is in the composition center; don Quixote's figure, driving his sword into the animal, is highlighted with dignity. In the background, the Duke embraces the Duchess; she seems as a new Diana. In the foreground, but just in one side, the humorous part: Sancho flees away climbing a tree. In keeping with 17th and 18th centuries liking for hunting paintings. Drawing and engraving are acceptable as a whole, but some figures (don Quixote) are disproportionate. |
Notes | 1 - Copy of Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30) through Fokke's copy (La Haye: Hondt, 1746). Both 1746 and 1777 copies with the same vertical format. Both Coypel's and 1777 illustrations with the same composition; in 1746 it is turned.
2 - In Cushing's copy, tomes III and IV are bound together (volume II). |