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| Image | 1755-Amsterdam-Arkstee-02-005 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | Jacob Folkema |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | La falça Princesa de Micomicon viene rogar D. Quixote de la bolver aponer en el Trono. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 29 |
| Subject |
29.3 Dorotea kneels before DQ |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 134 |
| Image Dimension | 125 x 75 |
| Page Dimension | 146 x 90 |
| Commentary | The scene is resolved with the basic composition.
Micomicona (Dorotea) kneels down before don Quixote and the knight tries to prevent her from doing it. The barber, also knelt and disguised with a beard (ox tail), laughs, while Sancho holds the barber basin. Behind the trees, the priest and Cardenio hidden. Well-detailed drawing and engraving (see Micomicona's dress, trees, cascade...). |
| Notes | 1 - Copy after Coypel's design (first appeared in Surugue: Paris, c. 1724; also copied for La Haye: Pierre de Hondt, 1746).
2 - Same plate first engraved for La Haye: P. Gosse & A. Moetjens, 1744. |