Etching (acquaforte)
Perfect, clean and precise engraving; fine lines (burin or etching) for grained marmor.
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| Image | 1782-Madrid-Ibarra-085 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Antonio Carnicero |
| Engraver | Fernando Selma |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
| Subject |
02.1 Portrait of Cervantes |
| Illustration Type |
Portrait |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. i |
| Image Dimension | 128 x 74 |
| Page Dimension | 158 x 103 |
| Commentary | Copy after the portrait designed by José del Castillo and engraved by Manuel Salvador Carmona for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780 based on a painting attributed to Alonso del Arco (donated by the Count of Aguilar to the Spanish Royal Academy; maybe a copy of some painting done during Cervantes' life); now turned and without symbolic elements (just two laurel branches).
Perfect, clean and precise engraving; fine lines (burin or etching) for grained marmor. |
| Notes | 1 - The painting attributed to Alonso del Arco (17th century) shows an image of Cervantes "curiously" similar to that created by William Kent (London: Tonson, 1738). |