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| Image | 1781-Lyon-Amable-05-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | Augustin de Saint-Aubin |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote released of his madness by Wisdom |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 74 |
| Subject | |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | V |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 115 x 74 |
| Page Dimension | 168 x 100 |
| Commentary | Allegorical scene.
In a room, don Quixote, asleep, is protected by Wisdom (as Athena among shining clouds); his arms and barber basin remain abandoned. On the right, Sancho, awake, is captivated by Folly (with a jester scepter among dark clouds), who shows him a crown and a castle (the promised government of the island). Deficient/unfinished engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Plate nº 20.
2 - Copied after Coypel's designs appeared in La Haye: Gosse & Moetjens, 1744 (and later editions). 3 - Placed as frontispiece. |