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Image | 1757-Francfort-Bassompierre-01-005 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Johann Michael Eben |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote puts the barber basin (Mambrino's helmet) on his head |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 21 |
Subject |
21.3 Adventure of the helmet of Mambrino |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 257 |
Image Dimension | 117 x 72 |
Page Dimension | 153 x 95 |
Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote, with great dignity, puts the barber basin on his head, while Sancho Panza laughs.
In the background, the barber running away and leaving his mule fallen. Two women (not accurate to Cervantes' text) observe the scene. See rainbow in the background; it has rained at the beginning of this episode. Quite acceptable engraving. |
Notes | 1 - Copied after Demeuse's engraving (Francfort: Bassompierre, 1750) after Charles-Antoine Coypel's design (first appeared in Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30; also copied for La Haye: P. Gosse & A. Moetjens, 1744 and later editions). |