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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-05-076
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	... á una de aquellas damas que le ciñese la espada,...
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 3
	Subject	3.4 DQ knighted at inn by innkeeper
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I LAMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. III. - 25.
	Image Dimension	155 x 215
	Page Dimension	238 x 312
	Commentary	"... one of the ladies to gird on his sword,...". At the inn courtyard, once don Quixote has been knighted by the innkeeper, one of the party girls (doña Tolosa) girds the knight with his sword. Also in the scene, the young groom holding a candle, other party girl (doña Molinera) and some muleteers. Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period setting, clothes and details; realistic and picturesque. Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light and shadow; notice the light effects produced by the full moon and the candle.
	Notes	1 - The original drawing (Chinese ink and gouache white) was finished in 1899 in Sevilla and presented at the National Exposition of Madrid (1899). 2 - "No menos notables son los dibujos que nos representan la grave pantomima que con Don Quijote hicieron, por seguirle el humor, el ventero y las mozas, de armarle caballero, con las ceremonias del espaldarazo, ceñirle la espada y calzarle la espuela, que dan lugar a excelentes composiciones, cuya serie termina con las que representan á Don Quijote, primero ensillando su Rocinante, y luego abrazando al ventero, en reconocimiento á la merced recibida" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XXXVI).