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In the background, Sancho and don Diego de Miranda running away.
This composition, with not many changes, will be used until the 20th century.
Drawing and engraving are bad.
2 – Copy after Savery’s plate (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657).
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| Image | 1699-Amsterdam-deCoup-02-005 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jacob Savery (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote and the lion |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 17 |
| Subject |
17.2 Adventure of the lion |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II (vols. 1 and 2 bound together) |
| Page Number | f.p. 94 |
| Image Dimension | 113 x 66 |
| Page Dimension | 170 x 105 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote is ready to fight with a lion while the lionkeeper opens the gate of the cage.
In the background, Sancho and don Diego de Miranda running away. This composition, with not many changes, will be used until the 20th century. Drawing and engraving are bad. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first used for Amsterdam: Willem van Lamsveld, 1696.
2 – Copy after Savery’s plate (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657). |