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Image 1905-1908Madrid-06-185 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption «¿De qué te ríes, Sancho?», dijo Don Quijote.... 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 21 
Subject 21.3 Adventure of the helmet of Mambrino
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume II LÁMINAS 
Page Number CAP. XXI. - 9. 
Image Dimension 155 x 220 
Page Dimension 238 x 312 
Commentary "«What art thou laughing at, Sancho?», said Don Quixote...".
When Sancho begins to laugh seeing don Quixote with the barber basin on his head (Mambrino's helmet), the knight asks him the cause of his laughter.
Figures with good gestures (dialogue).
Notice the picturesque detail of Sancho's donkey and the barber's one.
Jiménez Aranda's drawing skill is masterly; remarkable use of light and shadow with impressionist effects; notice the landscape, the wet ground... 
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 - "... en un paisaje que ejecutó con mucho acento pictórico, haciendo resaltar el vivo efecto del suelo mojado" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLVII).