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Image | 1746-LaHaye-Hondt-01-043 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Bernard Picart |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | La Doloride affligée de sa barbe vient prier Don Quichotte de la Venger |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 39 |
Subject |
39.2 The “dueñas” showing their beards |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 159 |
Image Dimension | 193 x 149 |
Page Dimension | 267 x 215 |
Commentary | In a French court garden, countess Trifaldi shows her beard to don Quixote, amazing him and Sancho.
The composition is created with gestures and looks: the Duchess orders two maidens to be quiet; the Duke laughs; Sancho's surprised; don Quixote's astonished. On the left, Trifaldín's figure is very remarkable, although he should hold a scimitar, not a mace. Well-detailed drawing and engraving. |
Notes | 1 - Copy after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, 1724).
2 - The composition has been turned and the format now is vertical, so Picart has enlarged the trees and the sky. 3 - Picart died in 1733, so the plate was engraved in this year or before. |