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The scene has been resolved with simplicity and without many details.
Drawing and engraving are poor; light and shadow effects are forced.
2 – Copy after Savery’s plate (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657).
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| Image | 1699-Amsterdam-deCoup-02-010 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jacob Savery (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Arrival of Merlin's cart |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 35 |
| Subject |
35.1 Merlin’s prophecy about Dulcinea and remedy for her enchantment |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II (vols. 1 and 2 bound together) |
| Page Number | f.p. 220 |
| Image Dimension | 115 x 68 |
| Page Dimension | 170 x 105 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, with their backs turned to the viewer, as shadows, the Duke, the Duchess, don Quixote and Sancho; they observe the entry of Merlin´s cart with Dulcinea (in the background).
The scene has been resolved with simplicity and without many details. Drawing and engraving are poor; light and shadow effects are forced. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first used for Amsterdam: Willem van Lamsveld, 1696.
2 – Copy after Savery’s plate (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657). |