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The scene is resolved with simplicity, without details and little accurate to Cervantes´text (Merlin should appear as Death, not as a magician).
Drawing and engraving are poor.
2 - Copy after Amberes: Verdussen, 1672-1673.
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| Image | 1696-1700-Amsterdam-Mortier-04-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jacob Savery (copied after) |
| Engraver | Hendrik Cause |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Merlin´s cart appearance |
| 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 | IV (1696) |
| Page Number | f.p. 13 |
| Image Dimension | 116 x 70 |
| Page Dimension | 130 x 75 |
| 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 is resolved with simplicity, without details and little accurate to Cervantes´text (Merlin should appear as Death, not as a magician). Drawing and engraving are poor. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate engraved for Paris: Barbin, 1681.
2 - Copy after Amberes: Verdussen, 1672-1673. |