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Image | 1746-Hage-Hondt-01-008 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Bernard Picart |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Sancho s'Eveille et se desespere de ne plus retrouver son cher grison que Gines de passamont luy Enleve |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 23 |
Subject |
23.2 SP’s donkey is stolen |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 49 |
Image Dimension | 193 x 151 |
Page Dimension | 272 x 220 |
Commentary | In the foreground, Sancho wakes up and discovers that Ginés de Pasamonte has stolen his donkey; Don Quixote observes him with astonishment.
In the background, Ginés de Pasamonte running away with the donkey, although in Cervantes' text it is said: "y antes que amaneciese se halló bien lejos de poder ser hallado" (23:1). The complete description of this scene (the saddle on four stakes) appears in chapter 4:2. Well-detailed drawing and engraving. |
Notes | 1 - Plate VI (in the French edition, the plates aren't numbered).
2 - Signature and caption re-engraved. 3 - Bernard Picart signs as "del." and "sculp." (draw and engraved). 4 - Copied after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30). The composition has been turned and the format now is vertical, so Picart has enlarged the trees. 5 - Picart died in 1733, so the plate was engraved in this year or before. |