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Image 1905-1908Madrid-08-054 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption .... salió del aposento despavorido,.... 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 36 
Subject 36.2 Resolution of love affairs of Cardenio and Luscinda, Dorotea and Don Fernando
 
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. - 18. 
Image Dimension 155 x 220 
Page Dimension 238 x 312 
Commentary ".... burst forth in terror from the room,...".
After hearing a female cry, Cardenio comes out of the room and encounters Dorotea fainted (held by the barber and attended by the priest) and Luscinda grasped by don Fernando; also in the scene, Sancho and two of don Fernando's companions.
Remarkable figures, with good gestures.
Well-resolved scene with a great sense of drama and tension.
Great interest in representing real Spanish characters and accurate period clothes.
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).