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Image | 1757-Francfort-Bassompierre-04-010 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Johann Michael Eben |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Doña Rodríguez visiting don Quixote at night |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 48 |
Subject |
48.1 Doña Rodríguez visits DQ at night in his room |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | IV |
Page Number | f.p. 178 |
Image Dimension | 116 x 70 |
Page Dimension | 153 x 95 |
Commentary | On the left, don Quixote, bandaged and in bed, and doña Rodríguez talking by the light of a candle (accurate to Cervantes' text).
From the right, Altisidora and other Duchess' maidens arrive holding their shoes; one of them is almost catching doña Rodríguez. Detailed setting (furniture, canopy, clock...). Coypel has inserted one anecdotal element: a cat observing a mouse. 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). |