click to enlarge
In the background, don Quixote attacks the Knight of the Mirrors, who falls down towards the foreground.
On the left, Tomé Cecial disguised as a squire with a fake big nose.
On the right, Sancho climbing on a tree.
|
click to enlarge |
|
| Image | 1912-Strasburg-Singer-01-012 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Daniel-Nicolas Chodowiecki |
| Engraver | Daniel Berger (reproduced by process) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote defeats the Knight of the Mirrors |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 14 |
| Subject |
14.2 DQ defeats the knight of the Mirrors |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 417 |
| Image Dimension | 137 x 85 |
| Page Dimension | 181 x 120 |
| Commentary | Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657); now, the composition is new.
In the background, don Quixote attacks the Knight of the Mirrors, who falls down towards the foreground. On the left, Tomé Cecial disguised as a squire with a fake big nose. On the right, Sancho climbing on a tree. |
| Notes | 1 - Process reproduction of Daniel-Nicolas Chodowiecki's illustration for Leipzing: Caspar Fritsch, 1780-81. |