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Image 1905-1908Madrid-08-041 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption .... y apeándose los cuatro de á caballo,.... 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 36 
Subject 36.1 Arrival of Luscinda, Don Fernando at inn
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume IV LÁMINAS (on spine TOMO IV TEXTO by error) 
Page Number CAP. XXXVI. - 5. 
Image Dimension 155 x 205 
Page Dimension 238 x 312 
Commentary ".... all the four that were on horse back dismounted,...".
Don Fernando, his companions and Luscinda dismounting in the inn yard; also in the scene, their grooms, the innkeeper, Maritornes and the priest.
Remarkable group of figures, with good variety of gestures, and remarkable composition.
Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period clothes, setting and details.
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 - "Esta nueva novela episódica […] no dió al pintor realista tan buenos motivos como la novela principal; pero supo tratar con elegancia los caballeros, dar misterio á la tapada, vida á la escena de apearse los viajeros y retirar los mozos las caballerías, y movimiento á la acción dramática. Tres dibujos nos impresionaron en ésta: es uno el que representa á Dorotea, vencida por el llanto, á los pies de Luscinda; es otro el momento de exclamar el caballero entre las dos mujeres, ¡Venciste, Dorotea!, y el tercero la efusiva escena en que Dorotea, aún arrodillada, abraza á su amante por las rodillas" (José Ramón Mélida: “Don José Jiménez Aranda y su "Quijote"", vol. I TEXTO, pp. L-LI).