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| Image | 1924-Berlin-Eigenbrodler-03-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Daniel-Nicolas Chodowiecki |
| Engraver | Daniel-Nicolas Chodowiecki |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | The enchanted Dulcinea falls from her donkey |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 10 |
| Subject |
10.2 The three labradoras 10.3 SP presents to DQ the enchanted Dulcinea |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | III |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 125 x 67 |
| Page Dimension | 195 x 144 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote tries to help the enchanted Dulcinea, who has fallen off her donkey; meanwhile, Sancho laughs (he knows the deceit).
Original scene. Scene resolved with realism and with anecdotal details (one donkey smelling another), but also with idealized figures (peasant girls). |
| Notes | 1 - Plate dated in 1775.
2 - Same plate first engraved for Weimar/Leipzig: Fritschischen Buchhandlung, 1775. 3 - Placed as frontispiece. |