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Image | 1905-1908Madrid-06-001 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | José Jiménez Aranda |
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Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Pues sabed, prosiguió el mozo, que murió esta mañana aquel famoso pastor..... |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 12 |
Subject |
12.1 Start of episode and story of Grisóstomo and Marcela |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | II LÁMINAS |
Page Number | CAP. XII. - 1. |
Image Dimension | 155 x 220 |
Page Dimension | 238 x 312 |
Commentary | "Let me tell you then, continued the youth, that this morning that famous shepherd died...".
At dawn, a young shepherd informs the goatherds, don Quixote and Sancho that the shepherd Grisóstomo had died that morning. Remarkable variety of figures, gestures and expressions. 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). |