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| Image | 1776-1777-Copenhaguen-Forlag-04-047 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | Johann Georg Preisler |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Den tykke Uvidenheds Taage er for drevet fom min fkadelige læsning af de afskyelige Ridder Böger indhyllede den i |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 74 |
| Subject |
74.1 DQ falls ill and recovers his sanity |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | IV |
| Page Number | f.p. 358 |
| Image Dimension | 127 x 87 |
| Page Dimension | 188 x 120 |
| Commentary | Allegorical scene of great beauty.
In a room, don Quixote, asleep, is protected by Wisdom (as Athena between shining clouds); his arms and basin remain abandoned. On the right, Sancho, awake, is captivated by Folly (with a jester scepter between dark clouds), who shows him a crown and a castle (the promised government of the island). Excellent drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Excellent copy of Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30) through Jacob van der Schley's copy (La Haye: Hondt, 1746). Both 1746 and 1777 copies with the same vertical format and same turned composition in comparison with Coypel's illustration.
2 - In Cushing's copy, tomes III and IV are bound together (volume II). |