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| Image | 1820-Paris-Renouard-04-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 2 3 4 |
| Illustrator | Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote recovers his reason |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 74 |
| Subject |
74.1 DQ falls ill and recovers his sanity |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | IV |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 96 x 66 (complete illus.); 47 x 32 (vignette) |
| Page Dimension | 136 x 84 |
| Commentary | Center of the composition: don Quixote under a great canopy, highlighted by the light.
In the foreground: Sancho (left) and the priest (right). In the background: the niece, the housekeeper, the barber, Sansón Carrasco and the notary. It has been chosen the instant when don Quixote recovers his reason and becomes Alonso Quijano again. Drawing and engraving are acceptable. |
| Notes | 1 - Copy with fewer details after Lebarbier's illustration (Paris: Didot-Deterville, 1799); also previously copied by Bigant for Paris: Chez Gide, 1806 and Paris: H. Nicolle, 1809 and by Macret for Paris: Briand, 1810.
2 - Placed as frontispiece. 3 - Same plate first engraved for Paris: Renouard, 1812. |
