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Image 1905-1908Madrid-07-049 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption .... y sin decille nada se allegó á él, y le dió puñadas y coces, y luego.... 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 23 
Subject 23.4 Encounter with cabrero
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume III LÁMINAS 
Page Number CAP. XXIII. - 25. 
Image Dimension 220 x 152 
Page Dimension 312 x 238 
Commentary "... and without saying a word to him, came up to him and gave him several cuffs and kicks...".
Three different scenes told by the goatherd to don Quixote and Sancho about Cardenio's story in Sierra Morena: Cardenio attacks a shepherd; he ransacks the sadle bags; and he makes off back into Sierra Morena.
Original and well-resolved narrative composition.
Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period clothes and details; 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 - "... composiciones de un aspecto nuevo, en fondos abruptos, generalmente sitios en que la luz apenas llega, dorando, en cambio, los picos de las montañas" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLVII).