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Image | 1905-1908Madrid-05-023 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | José Jiménez Aranda |
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Lithographer | |
Title Caption | había una moza labradora de muy buen parecer, de quien él un tiempo anduvo enamorado,.... |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 1 |
Subject |
1.3 AQ names self DQ, his horse (Rocinante), and lady (Dulcinea) |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I LAMINAS |
Page Number | CAP. I. - 23. |
Image Dimension | 155 x 220 |
Page Dimension | 238 X 312 |
Commentary | "Dwelt a good-looking country girl, for whom he had formerly had a sort of an inclination,...".
Alonso Quijano, hidden behind a corner, observes Aldonza Lorenzo. Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period setting, clothes and details; realistic and picturesque; excellent genre scene; notice the old woman on the right. Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light and shadow. |
Notes | 1 - The original drawing (Chinese ink and gouache white) was finished in 1898 in Sevilla and presented at the Exposition of Fine Arts of Barcelona (1898).
2 - "... y por contraste con tales imaginaciones que llevan al soñador á sublimar con el nombre de Dulcinea del Toboso á la honrada labradora Aldonza Lorenzo, el artista ha hecho un cuadro realista que nos representa al Quijada cuerdo, en el tiempo aquel en que anduvo enamorado, recatándose junto á la esquina de una casa para contemplar á la dicha moza que charla con otra mujer en la calle de un pueblo, por la que viene un trajinante con su recua" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XXXII). |