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Image 1905-1908Madrid-08-068 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José Jiménez Aranda 
Engraver  
Lithographer  
Title Caption .... la cual hallaron en el claustro hablando con una monja,.... 
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. - 32. 
Image Dimension 220 x 150 
Page Dimension 312 x 238 
Commentary ".... whom they found in the cloisters in conversation with one of the nuns,...".
Three scenes about the end of Luscinda's story as told by don Fernando: don Fernando and his companions encounter Luscinda talking with a nun in the cloister of a monastery; don Fernando and his companions kidnap Luscinda; and they all on horseback towards the inn.
Original and carefully-done narrative composition.
Remarkable figures, with good gestures.
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).