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	Image	1725-London-Knaplock-03-008
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after)
	Engraver	Gerard van der Gucht
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	Don Quixote attended by the Dutchess's women
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part II, Madrid 1615
	Chapter	Chapter 31
	Subject	31.1 DQ and SP at the Dukes´ palace
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	III
	Page Number	between 234 and 235
	Image Dimension	118 x 132
	Page Dimension	160 x 166
	Commentary	Coypel chooses a great number of episodes about don Quixote and the Dukes because these scenes allow him to design theatrical, court and baroque compositions. This is one of those great and theatrical illustrations (with rich clothes, many figures, detailed baroque arquitectures, French gardens, curtains...), but the result is not very much accurate to Cervantes' text. Don Quixote was undressed by the Duchess' maidens, but he dressed himself alone, just with Sancho. The maiden who looks at the viewer and points to the scene is remarkable. Carefully-drawn and engraved gestures (hands); these gestures establish relations between characters.
	Notes	1 - This same plate was used for London: Walthoe, 1731. 2 - Turned copy after Coypel’s illustration engraved by Surugue (Paris: Surugue, 1724). 3 - The plate includes the reference "Vol. 3, Chap. 33", but this scene belongs to chapter 31:2.