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In the background, the innkeeper ready to beat him; Sancho Panza, the barber, the priest and others observe them.
Well-known scene.
Sancho's face is grotesque, deformed, influenced by German tradition.
Good drawing and engraving.
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| Image | 1775-Weimar-Buchhandlung-02-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Daniel-Nicolas Chodowiecki |
| Engraver | Daniel-Nicolas Chodowiecki |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote fights with the wineskins |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 35 |
| Subject |
35.2 Adventure of wineskins |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II (1775) |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 128 x 67 |
| Page Dimension | 165 x 95 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote, asleep and with a blanket around his arm, fights with the wine skins.
In the background, the innkeeper ready to beat him; Sancho Panza, the barber, the priest and others observe them. Well-known scene. Sancho's face is grotesque, deformed, influenced by German tradition. Good drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Placed as frontispiece. |