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	Image	1776-1777-Copenhaguen-Forlag-03-025
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after)
	Engraver	Johann Georg Preisler
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	Og i alt det fom mueligt hedder Ieg byder, knuser, holder Stand
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part II, Madrid 1615
	Chapter	Chapter 20
	Subject	20.1 Wedding of Camacho
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	III
	Page Number	f.p. 181
	Image Dimension	124 x 87
	Page Dimension	188 x 120
	Commentary	Rich and great scene where it is reflected 18th century liking for court theater and allegorical and symbolic literature. In the well-balanced composition, the center is Cupid, dancing in front of a castle where a Virgin is protected. On the left, as part of Cupid's retinue, Poetry (with Fame's trumpet), Prudence (as a prudent virgin with a small lamp), Nobility/Valor (with a crown) and Wisdom (Athena). Wisdom does not appear in Cervantes' original text, but she does in the French translations (Sagesse). On the right, Wealth's retinue: Liberality (with the "cornucopia" and a pair of compasses) and Largesse. They should also appear Treasure and Quiet Possession, but they have not been represented. The first retinue refers to Basilio, the second one to Camacho. Sancho only eats while don Quixote observes this performance. Drawing and engraving are of good quality; Preisler is a better engraver than Haas.
	Notes	1 - Copy of Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1724) through Tanjé's copy (La Haye: Hondt, 1746). Both 1746 and 1777 copies with the same vertical format and same turned composition in comparison with Coypel's illustration. 2 - In Cushing's copy, tomes III and IV are bound together (volume II). Johann Georg Preisler or Preissler (Copenhagen, 1757 - Copenhagen, 1831): Designer and engraver. He was son and disciple of the burin engraver Johann Martin Preisler (1715 – 1794). Georg Preisler worked at the Academy of Copenhagen and, in 1780, he won a golden medal. In 1781, he traveled to Paris to be instructed by Jean George Will. In 1787, he was named a member of the Royal Academy of Paris and, one year later, he returned to Denmark, where he was nominated for the Academy of Copenhagen. Talented engraver (Benezit VIII, 478).