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Image | 1707-Amsterdam-Graal-02-007 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Jacob Savery (copied after) |
Engraver | Unknown |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote and Sancho attacked by the braying mayors squadron |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 27 |
Subject |
27.2 Episode of braying mayors |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | II |
Page Number | f.p. 165 |
Image Dimension | 114 x 69 |
Page Dimension | 160 x 102 |
Commentary | Sancho, beaten by one of the members of the braying mayors squadron, falls from his donkey and don Quixote gets ready to attack them.
Lances are multiplied to suggest agitation and a more numerous group. Drawing and engraving are poor. |
Notes | 1 - Same plate first used for Amsterdam: Willem van Lamsveld, 1696.
2 – Copy after Savery’s plate (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657). |