The composition is created with gestures and looks: the Duchess orders two maidens to be quiet; the Duke laughs; Sancho's surprise; don Quixote's astonishment. Trifaldín's figure is remarkable, although he should hold a scimitar, not a mace.
Drawing and engraving are excellent; detailed faces and good gestures (see Duchess and servants).
2 - Jean Daullé signs as J. D.
3 - Turned copy after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, 1724). It may belong to some French set engraved after 1744, when Surugue's privilege expired, or after Coypel's death (1752).
Jean Daullé (Abbeville, 1703 – Paris, 1763): Engraver of portraits and History and religious scenes. He was instructed in design and engraving in Abbeville and, then, was a disciple of Hecquet in Paris. In 1742, he was admitted at the Academy. Daullé became one of the most important engravers in 18th century. He copied masterly designs after François Boucher, Poussin, Coypel, Ernst Dietrich, Allegri, Albano, Raoux, Jouvenet, Ribera, Charles-Nicolas Cochin “the young”, Vernet and others (Benezit III, 375).