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Image | 1768-Amsterdam-Merkus-03-010 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Simon Fokke (?) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Don Quichotte est servi par les Demoiselles de la Duchesse. |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 31 |
Subject |
31.1 DQ and SP at the Dukes´ palace |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | III |
Page Number | f.p. 341 |
Image Dimension | 125 x 77 |
Page Dimension | 166 x 102 |
Commentary | Coypel chose a great number of episodes about don Quixote and the Dukes because these allowed him theatrical, court and baroque compositions.
This is one of those great and theatrical illustrations (with rich clothes, many figures, detailed baroque arquitectures, French gardens, curtains...), but the result is not too much accurate to Cervantes' text. Don Quixote was undressed by the Duchess' maidens, but he dressed himself alone, just with Sancho. The maiden who looks at the viewer and points to the scene is quite remarkable. Carefully-drawn and engraved gestures (hands); these gestures establish relations between characters. |
Notes | 1 - Copy after Coypel's design (first appeared in Paris: Surugue, 1724; also copied for La Haye: Pierre de Hondt, 1746).
2 - Same plate first engraved for La Haye: P. Gosse & A. Moetjens, 1744; the references have been changed from Spanish into French and the signatures erased. 3 – Plate XVIII. |