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In the background, Sancho, don Diego de Miranda and the carters running away.
Well-known scene, resolved with little novelty.
Drawing and engraving are very remarkable; good and detailed illustration.
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| Image | 1833-Roma-Gentilucci-01-047 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Bartolomeo Pinelli |
| Engraver | Bartolomeo Pinelli |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Chisciotte che fai? Forse ti basta / Contro l'orrida fera il brando, e l'asta? / Felice te che la natia fierezza / Abbandona il Leone e ti disprezza. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 17 |
| Subject |
17.2 Adventure of the lion |
| Illustration Type |
Illustration |
| Technique |
Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | Plate 45 |
| Image Dimension | 252 x 320 |
| Page Dimension | 365 x 450 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote stays still before the cage of a lion ready to fight against it, but the animal remains into its cage although the lion keeper has opened it.
In the background, Sancho, don Diego de Miranda and the carters running away. Well-known scene, resolved with little novelty. Drawing and engraving are very remarkable; good and detailed illustration. |
| Notes | 1 - Dated and signed in Rome, 1834. |