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| Image | 1776-1777-Copenhaguen-Forlag-04-009 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unsigned (Johan-Jakob-Georg Haas?) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Vi foere ftrax med Hænderne fil Ansigtet og fant det i den Tilstand de her |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 39 |
| Subject |
39.2 The “dueñas” showing their beards |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | IV |
| Page Number | f.p. 55 |
| Image Dimension | 126 x 90 |
| Page Dimension | 188 x 120 |
| Commentary | In a French court garden, Countess Trifaldi shows her beard to don Quixote, amazing him and Sancho.
The composition is created with gestures and looks: the Duchess orders two maidens to be quiet; the Duke laughs; Sancho's surprise; don Quixote's astonishment. Trifaldín's figure is remarkable, although he should hold a scimitar, not a mace. Drawing and engraving are acceptable, but not too much detailed in gestures and expressions. |
| Notes | 1 - Copy of Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, 1724) through Picart's copy (La Haye: Hondt, 1746). Both 1746 and 1777 copies with the same vertical format. Both 1724 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). |