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| Image | 1719-Amberes-Verdussen-02-020 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Frederik Bouttats |
| Engraver | Frederik Bouttats |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | The death of Altisidora and Sancho pinched by dueñas |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 69 |
| Subject |
69.2 Altisidora’s mock death and resurrection |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 606 |
| Image Dimension | 143 x 87 |
| Page Dimension | 181 x 110 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, the humorous action: don Quixote orders Sancho to let the Dueñas pinch him; "Ten paciencia, hijo, y da gusto a estos Señores, y muchas gracias al cielo, por haber puesto tal virtud en tu persona" (69:2).
Sancho is wearing a tunic with flames and a mitre (it should be a conic hood or capirote as used in Autos de Fe). In the background, more theatrical and dramatic, Altisidora appears lying on a catafalque; also a boy ("un hermoso mancebo vestido á lo Romano") playing the harp, the Duque, the Duchess, Minos and Radamanto (as kings). The engraving is better executed in the foreground figures than in background ones. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate by Bouttats first used for Amberes: Verdussen, 1672 - 1673. |