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Image | 1768-Amsterdam-Merkus-04-006 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Simon Fokke (?) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Depart de Sancho pour l'Isle de Barataria. |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 44 |
Subject |
44.1 SP departs for Barataria; |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | IV |
Page Number | f.p. 115 |
Image Dimension | 125 x 77 |
Page Dimension | 166 x 102 |
Commentary | In the center of the composition, don Quixote embraces Sancho before the squire leaves for Barataria Island.
On the left, the Duke and servants. On the right, the Duchess and servants with Sancho's donkey. Theatrical and well-balanced composition; court scene suitable to Coypel's style (Ionic columns gallery, detailed architectures, fountains, rich clothes...). Detailed drawing and engraving (see Duke and Duchess' faces). The same left mule also appears in "La fausse Princesse de Micomicon..." (f.p. 22, vol. II). |
Notes | 1 - Copy after Coypel's design (first appeared in Paris: Surugue, c. 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 XXIV. |