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On the left pedestal, "AMADIS"; on the right one, "ROLANDO". Both as classical statues.
Above, a medallion with Dulcinea's portrait.
Drawing and engraving are acceptable, but poor.
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| Image | 1714-Madrid-Laso-01-001-t |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jacob Savery (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Quixote de la Mancha |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 01. Title page |
| Subject |
01.1 Engraved title page |
| Illustration Type |
Title page |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | Title page |
| Image Dimension | 90 x 118 |
| Page Dimension | 204 x 147 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote with the barber basin and mounted on Rocinante. Sancho embracing his donkey. Well-defined iconography.
On the left pedestal, "AMADIS"; on the right one, "ROLANDO". Both as classical statues. Above, a medallion with Dulcinea's portrait. Drawing and engraving are acceptable, but poor. |
| Notes | 1 - Copied after Diego de Obregón (Madrid: Andrés García de la Iglesia, 1674) after Savery´s frontispiece for Dordrecht: Savery, 1657 (also in Bruselas: Mommarte, 1662; and Amberes: Verdussen, 1672-73). |