Image 1798Madrid-Sancha-04-004 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Francisco Alcántara 
Engraver Juan Moreno Tejada 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Dorotea calms down don Quixote 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 46 
Subject  
Illustration Type Head vignette
 
Technique Etching (acquaforte)
Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume IV 
Page Number 191 
Image Dimension 43 x 53 
Page Dimension 132 x 90 
Commentary Well represented narration through gestures; accurate to Cervantes' text. Sancho insists on saying that Micomicona (Dorotea) is not a princess; don Quixote gets angry and "dio con el pie derecho una gran patada en el suelo" (46:1); Sancho is frightened and Dorotea tries to calm down don Quixote: "No os despechéis, señor Caballero de la Triste Figura, de las sandeces que vuestro buen escudero ha dicho" (46:1).
Remarkable setting; figures in the foreground, under the inn portal (theatrical composition); in the background, a detailed courtyard (well, drinkink trough...).
Dorotea's dress designed by Alcántara (as a great cloak) is less rich than that designed by Paret.
Good and detailed engraving. 
Notes It includes reference "P. 200".