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1947-Buenos-Aires-Gil-02-036 |
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Unknown (after Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré)
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Initial C with Devild weighing Love and Money |
Part II, Madrid 1615
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Chapter 21 |
21.1 Basilio’s deception
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Initial
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Process / Photomechanical technique
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Black and white |
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769 |
16 x 32 |
180 x 120 |
Symbolical representation of the confrontation between Camacho and Basilio.
A balance with two plates; in one, the devil is puting bags of money (love by wealth, Camacho); in the other balance plate, it only appears a little Cupid, heavier than the bags of money (true and poor love, Basilio). |
1 - Based on Doré's illustration for Paris: Hachette, 1863. |