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Image | 1782-Madrid-Martin-04-001-a |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Jacob Savery / Diego de Obregón (copied after) |
Engraver | Unknown |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote and Sancho with Roland and Amadis |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | 01. Title page |
Subject |
01.1 Title page engraving |
Illustration Type |
Title page |
Technique |
Woodcut |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | IV |
Page Number | Prev. to typog. title page |
Image Dimension | 56 x 80 |
Page Dimension | 153 x 103 |
Commentary | Don Quixote mounted on Rocinante and Sancho embracing his donkey.
On the left, Amadís; on the right, Rolando; both as Roman sculptures on pedestals. Between them, Dulcinea's portrait in a medallion. Very poor drawing and rough engraving; deficient inking/printing; worn block. |
Notes | 1 - Savery's well-known I frontis for Dordrecht: Savery, 1657.
2 – Same wooden block first used for Madrid: Manuel Martín, 1765 (copied after Madrid: Juan de San Martín, 1741). 3 – Copied after Diego de Obregón’s frontis for Madrid: A. García de la Iglesia, 1674 (as copied for Madrid: Antonio Sanz, 1735). 4 - Also used for "TOMO I". |