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Image | 1746-Hage-Hondt-01-022 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Simon Fokke |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Poltronerie de Sancho a la Chasse |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 34 |
Subject |
34.1 Night procession and hunt |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 200 |
Image Dimension | 191 x 150 |
Page Dimension | 272 x 220 |
Commentary | In the center of the composition, don Quixote driving his sword into an enormous wild boar surrounded by hunting dogs; Coypel emphasizes drama in this scene.
In the background, the Duke embracing the Duchess; she looks like a new Diana. In the foreground, but just at one side, the humorous part: Sancho runs away climbing a tree. In keeping with 17th and 18th centuries liking for hunt paintings. Excellent drawing and engraving. |
Notes | 1 - Plate XX (in the French edition, the plates aren't numbered).
2 - Copied after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30). 3 - The composition has been turned and the format now is vertical, so Fokke has enlarged the trees and the sky. 4 - Fokke had already engraved this same scene for La Haye: Gosse, 1744, but in a smaller format. |