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	Image	1905-1908Madrid-06-142
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	José Jiménez Aranda
	Engraver
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	... y trabando del freno dijo: «deteneos y sed más bien criado, y dadme cuenta....
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 19
	Subject	19.1 Adventure of the dead body
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Process / Photomechanical technique
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	II LÁMINAS
	Page Number	CAP. XIX. - 7.
	Image Dimension	155 x 219
	Page Dimension	238 x 312
	Commentary	"... and seizing the mule by the bridle he said: Halt, and be more mannerly, and render an account...»". Don Quixote seizes the mule of one of the ecclesiastics (Alonso López) by the bridle and orders them again to tell him who they are. 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 night representation with the contrast of the lighted tapers.
	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 - "... serie de originalísimos dibujos, en los que Aranda dió muestra de su imaginación. [...] El aspecto fantástico y un tanto pavoroso de tal aventura, el número, confusión y diversidad de hombres y de caballos, y, sobre todo, la valentía pictórica con que están dados los efectos de luz, produciendo la sensación del brillo de las flameantes luces en la obscuridad que á veces, por estar caídos los hachones, alumbran á las figuras de abajo á arriba, avalora notablemente estos dibujos" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLVI).