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Image 1905-1908Madrid-06-099 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption ... á las paredes del corral, que no eran muy altas, cuando vió el mal juego que se le hacía á su escudero.... 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 17 
Subject 17.3 SP’s blanketing
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume II LÁMINAS 
Page Number CAP. XVII. - 32. 
Image Dimension 155 x 217 
Page Dimension 238 x 312 
Commentary "... to the wall of the yard, which was not very high, he discovered the game that was being played with his squire...".
Don Quixote, mounted on Rocinante, observing from behind the inn wall Sancho's blanketing; well-known scene.
Great interest in representing real setting 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 - "Por el valor pictórico, son notables los dibujos en que seguimos punto por punto el manteamiento de Sancho en el corral de la venta por la caterva de huéspedes maleantes, y los afanes de Don Quijote, que lo presencia desde fuera y le consuela con enseñarle la alcuza del bálsamo de Fierabrás" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLV).