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	Image	s1725-London-VanderGucht-01-003
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after)
	Engraver	Gerard van der Gucht (?)
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	Don Quixote attended by the Dutchess's Women
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part II, Madrid 1615
	Chapter	Chapter 31
	Subject	31.1 DQ and SP at the Dukes´ palace
	Illustration Type	Illustration
	Technique	Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	3
	Image Dimension	271 x 328
	Page Dimension	347 x 470
	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 arquitectures, 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 - From set "Sold by G. Vander Gucht in Queen Street Bloomsbury" (London, c. 1725 or later); numbered as plate 3. 2 - Copy engraved by Gerard van der Gucht? after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, 1724); the composition has been turned in comparison with Coypel's, but they both have the same large horizontal format.