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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-05-203
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	... y templando su rabel, de allí á poco con muy buena gracia....
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	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 11
	Subject	11.3 Arrival of Antonio; song
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I LAMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. XI. - 12.
	Image Dimension	155 x 205
	Page Dimension	238 x 312
	Commentary	"... and tuning his rebeck, presently began with singular good grace...". The shepherd Antonio begins to play his rebeck and sing a love song; around him, don Quixote, Sancho and other goatherds listening. Good variety of figures. Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period clothes and details; realistic and picturesque. Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light and shadow with impressionist effects.
	Notes	1 – Reproduction of the original sketch (Chinese ink and gouache white). Jiménez Aranda meant to paint a more-finished drawing after this sketch using natural sceneries and real models, but he died before completing the project. 2 - "... las escenas pastoriles evocan recuerdos virgilianos, [...] composiciones llenas de vigor y de originalísimos efectos de claro-obscuro, que de color parecen según la riqueza de tonos conseguida en algunos trozos" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLIII).