Image 1880-1883Barcelona-Montaner-02-168 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Luis Pellicer y Fener 
Engraver  
Lithographer Unknown 
Title Caption «A QUIEN EN MI LOCURA HICE MI ESCUDERO....» 
Title Supplied  
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 74 
Subject 74.2 DQ makes his will
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Chromolithography
 
Color In color 
Volume II 
Page Number f.p. 576 
Image Dimension 281 x 207 
Page Dimension 365 x 265 
Commentary Don Quixote, in bed, makes his will surrounded by the barber, Sansón Carrasco, the notary, the housekeeper, the priest, Sancho and the niece.
The drama of the scene has been represented perfectly balanced. On the one hand, the serene figures of the barber, Sansón Carrasco, the priest or don Quixote himself; on the other hand, the crying figures of Sancho and the niece. 
Notes 1 - It has been used a variety of chromolithography known as oleography to imitate an oil painting.
2 - The illustration has been composed as a 19th century History painting. It is easy to relate this image with Eduardo Rosales' El testamento de Isabel La Católica (Casón del Buen Retiro, Madrid, 1864); notice the canopy, the notary, the distribution of figures, the carpet....