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Image | 1947-Buenos-Aires-Gil-01-004 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Antonio Carnicero |
Engraver | Fernando Selma (reproduced by process) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Alegoría de la Primera Parte |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
Subject |
02.3 Allegorical/symbolic representations |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration Frontispiece |
Technique |
Burin engraving Process / Photomechanical technique |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 32 |
Image Dimension | 130 x 88 |
Page Dimension | 180 x 120 |
Commentary | Don Quixote with the allegory of Folly, as it was described by Cesare Ripa (dressed as a jester with small bells and holding a whirligig) and Love, as Cupid.
Folly and Love show to don Quixote Dulcinea's portrait. Don Quixote appears as Knight of the Lions. A satyr (reference to Don Quixote as a book of satire) sets fire to different chivalry books: Amadís de Grecia, El Caballero de la Cruz, Olivante de Laura... |
Notes | 1 - Reproduced after Madrid: Joaquín Ibarra, 1780. |