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Image 1780-Madrid-Ibarra-04-003 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Antonio Carnicero 
Engraver Joaquín Ballester 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Don Quixote and Sancho mounted on Clavileño 
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 41 
Subject 41.1 Adventure of Clavileño
41.2 DQ and SP fly on Clavileño
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume IV 
Page Number f.p. 52 
Image Dimension 207 x 143 
Page Dimension 292 x 212 
Commentary In the foreground, don Quixote, with dignity, and Sancho Panza, frightened and with his back turned on the viewer, mounted on Clavileño (with a peg on its forehead); both blindfolded.
Several servants with torches and a pair of bellows simulate Clavileño's flight.
In the background, the Duke and Duchess observe them.
Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657).
Remarkable and carefully-done court setting: fountain, arbour, moon light...
Accurate detail: lance with a parchment "El ínclito Caballero Don Quixote de la Mancha feneció y acabó la aventura de la Condesa Trifaldi, por otro nombre [llamada la Dueña Dolorida y compañía con sólo intentarla]".
Good plate; excellent shading. 
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