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| Image | 1776-Liege-Bassompierr-01-069 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | Bernard Picart |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | La Dame Rodrigue s'entretenant de nuit avec Don Quichotte, est surprises par les Demoiselles de la Duchesse |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 48 |
| Subject |
48.1 Doña Rodríguez visits DQ at night in his room |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 225 |
| Image Dimension | 193 x 153 |
| Page Dimension | 280 x 215 |
| Commentary | On the left, don Quixote, bandaged and in bed, and doña Rodríguez talking by the light of a candle (accurate to Cervantes' text).
From the right, Altisidora and other Duchess' maidens arrive holding their slippers; one of them is almost catching doña Rodríguez. Extraordinary detailed setting (furniture, canopy, clock...). Coypel has inserted one anecdotal element: a cat observing a mouse. Excellent light and shadow effects; Picart has reinforced these effects with his engraving, getting a tenebrist illustration of great quality. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved for La Haye: Pierre de Hondt, 1746. |