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Pedro Recio is dressed in a ridiculous manner.
Suitable scene for Coypel's style: many servants (forming a semicircle), rich architecture, chandelier, curtains, clothes...
Acceptable engraving.
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| Image | 1757-Francfort-Bassompierre-04-009 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | Johann Michael Eben |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Sancho's dinner at Barataria Island |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 47 |
| Subject |
47.1 SP not allowed to eat by Pedro Recio |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | IV |
| Page Number | f.p. 161 |
| Image Dimension | 116 x 70 |
| Page Dimension | 153 x 95 |
| Commentary | Sancho Panza, in the center of the composition, gesticulates while three servants, by doctor Pedro Recio's order, take away the most delicious dishes.
Pedro Recio is dressed in a ridiculous manner. Suitable scene for Coypel's style: many servants (forming a semicircle), rich architecture, chandelier, curtains, clothes... 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). |