Image 1949-Paris-Bordas-01-004 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Jean-HonorĂ© Fragonard 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Don Quixote reading chivalric books 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 1 
Subject 1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number f.p. 140 
Image Dimension 143 x 102 
Page Dimension 215 x 135 
Commentary Although traditionally it had been identified as 'Don Quixote reading a chivalric book to one of his neighbors', this drawing refers to Lodovico Ariosto's Roland Furieux: 'Ariosto dedicates his poem to Ippolito d'Este'. 
Notes 1 - Preserved at the Louvre Museum: http://arts-graphiques.louvre.fr/detail/oeuvres/2/220562-LArioste-dedie-son-poeme-a-Hippolyte-dEste