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Image | 1757-Francfort-Bassompierre-03-003 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Johann Michael Eben |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote and the enchanted Dulcinea |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 10 |
Subject |
10.2 The three labradoras 10.3 SP presents to DQ the enchanted Dulcinea |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | III |
Page Number | f.p. 112 |
Image Dimension | 117 x 70 |
Page Dimension | 153 x 95 |
Commentary | Scene resolved with a basic composition.
Don Quixote and Sancho kneel down before three peasant girls mounted on donkeys. Sancho introduces one of the peasant girls as the enchanted Dulcinea and don Quixote tries to kiss her foot. The three peasant girls are represented as French maidens. Baroque landscape including a lake with fishermen (very different from La Mancha landscape). 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). |