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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.