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Image | 1757-Francfort-Bassompierre-01-003 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Johann Michael Eben |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote's first sally |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 2 |
Subject |
2.1 First sally |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 10 |
Image Dimension | 115 x 70 |
Page Dimension | 153 x 95 |
Commentary | Don Quixote's first sally allegorical representation.
Don Quixote, mounted on Rocinante, protected by Folly (with the barber basin and a jester scepter) and Love (Cupid holding a torch touching don Quixote's heart and pointing to Dulcinea). Dulcinea appears as a French Lady carrying wheat, as Sancho refers in chapter 31:1. In the background, a windmill half-transformed into a giant (8:1) and a flock of sheep with lances (18:1). The engraving tries to keep the details from the originals, but the result is lightly acceptable. |
Notes | 1 - Copied after Demeuse's engraving (Francfort: Bassompierre, 1750) after Charles-Antoine Coypel's design (first appeared in Paris: Surugue, c. 1724; also copied for La Haye: P. Gosse & A. Moetjens, 1744 and later editions). |