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| Image | 1819-Venezia-Alvisopoli-01-002 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Francesco Novelli |
| Engraver | Francesco Novelli |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | La Pazzia mostra a Don Chisciotte la sua Dulcinea con ammirazione di Sancio Panza |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
| Subject |
02.3 Allegorical/symbolic representations |
| Illustration Type |
Illustration Portrait |
| Technique |
Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | w/p |
| Image Dimension | 100 x 62 |
| Page Dimension | 210 x 130 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote as Knight of the Lions with Folly, who shows to him Dulcinea's portrait; Sancho, astonished, observes them; also Sancho's donkey.
In the upper part, an oval medallion with Cervantes' portrait ("MICHELE DI CERVANTES"). |
| Notes | 1 - Plate I.
2 - Don Quixote and Folly's figures have been copied after the frontispiece by Carnicero and Selma for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780; from this frontispiece, neither Cupid nor the Satyr nor the architecture with the title have been copied. 3 - Deficient inking and printing. |