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Image 1905-1908Madrid-07-085 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption «Escucha, que así dice», dijo Don Quijote: «Carta de Don Quijote á Dulcinea....» 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 25 
Subject 25.3 DQ’s letter to Dulcinea
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume III LÁMINAS 
Page Number CAP. XXV. - 11. 
Image Dimension 155 x 168 
Page Dimension 238 x 312 
Commentary "«Listen», said Don Quixote, «this is what it says: Don Quixote's Letter to Dulcinea....»".
Remarkable figures, with natural gestures and expressions, and remarkable landscape.
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 - ".... dibujos, en los que al efecto de luz, vivo en lo alto, tibio en la sombría hondonada que á Don Quijote parece apropiado lugar para sus penitencias, se une el relieve y el acento de vida con que trató las figuras" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, p. XLVIII).