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	Image	1776-Liege-Bassompierr-01-049
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after)
	Engraver	Bernard Picart
	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	I
	Page Number	f.p. 144
	Image Dimension	194 x 151
	Page Dimension	280 x 215
	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 architectures, 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 very remarkable. Carefully-drawn and engraved gestures (hands); these gestures establish relations between characters.
	Notes	1 - Same plate first engraved for La Haye: Pierre de Hondt, 1746.