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Accurate to Cervantes' text, the Duchess appears on horseback and holding a hawk.
Well-known scene, resolved with little novelty.
Drawing and engraving are very remarkable; good and detailed figures.
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| Image | 1833-Roma-Gentilucci-01-054 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Bartolomeo Pinelli |
| Engraver | Bartolomeo Pinelli |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Sancio, o Donna gentil, come tu vedi / Scudiero e Ambasciator ti cade ai piedi. / Al tuo merto consacra il mio Signore / La sua spada, il suo braccio, il suo valore. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 30 |
| Subject |
30.1 DQ and SP meet the Duchess |
| Illustration Type |
Illustration |
| Technique |
Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | Plate 52 |
| Image Dimension | 252 x 320 |
| Page Dimension | 365 x 450 |
| Commentary | Sancho, knelt, introduces don Quixote to the Duchess while the knight awaits in the background.
Accurate to Cervantes' text, the Duchess appears on horseback and holding a hawk. Well-known scene, resolved with little novelty. Drawing and engraving are very remarkable; good and detailed figures. |
| Notes | 1 - Dated and signed in Rome, 1834. |