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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-06-103
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	«... ¿por dicha hásele olvidado á vuestra merced como yo no soy caballero, ó quiere que acabe de vomitar las entrañas....?»
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 17
	Subject
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	II LÁMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. XVII. - 36.
	Image Dimension	155 x 177
	Page Dimension	238 x 312
	Commentary	«... Can it be your worship has forgotten that I am not a knight, or do you want me to end by vomiting up what bowels...»". Sancho refuses to drink the balsam (Fierabrás' balsam) that don Quixote offers him; the squire, already mounted on his donkey, holds the pitcher of water that Maritornes has offered him. Scene resolved with good humour. Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period clothes, 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).