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Image | 1672-73-Amberes-Verdussen-01-008 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Frederik Bouttats |
Engraver | Frederik Bouttats |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote fights with the muleteers and is knighted by the Innkeeper |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 3 |
Subject |
3.3 Fight with muleteer 3.4 DQ knighted at inn by innkeeper |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | Prev. to p.19 |
Image Dimension | 145 x 93 |
Page Dimension | 200 x 133 |
Commentary | Two different scenes (archaic):
The first one, in the background: don Quixote fights with the muleteers during the vigil of his arms. The second one, in the foreground: don Quixote is knighted by the innkeeper while doña Molinera fits his spurs and doña Tolosa his sword. The boy holding a candle that appears in Cervantes' text is missing. Simple drawing; illustration with not many details and with very basic burin lines. |
Notes | 1 - Photomechanical copy of the illustration appeared in Amberes: Verdussen, 1672-73.
2 - "La venta donde el héroe es armado caballero, en pleno día -cuando Cervantes la describió en plena noche-, es una vasta y buena posada flamenca, con amplias dependencias y árboles frondosos. Las mozas del partido son sirvientas solícitas, de carnes blancas y abundantes. El ventero viste como un burgués de Gante, con sombrero emplumado y espada al cinto" (Givanel 108-109). |