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Image | 1725b-London-Knaplock-01-002 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Gerard van der Gucht |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Don Quixote attended by the Dutchess's women |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 31 |
Subject |
31.1 DQ and SP at the Dukes´ palace |
Illustration Type |
Illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | w/p |
Image Dimension | 118 x 132 |
Page Dimension | 160 x 166 |
Commentary | Coypel chooses a great number of episodes about don Quixote and the Dukes because these scenes allow him to design theatrical, court and baroque compositions.
This is one of those great and theatrical illustrations (with rich clothes, many figures, detailed baroque arquitectures, French gardens, curtains...), but the result is not very much accurate to Cervantes' text. Don Quixote was undressed by the Duchess' maidens, but he dressed himself alone, just with Sancho. The maiden who looks at the viewer and points to the scene is remarkable. Carefully-drawn and engraved gestures (hands); these gestures establish relations between characters. |
Notes | 1 - Turned copy after Coypel’s illustration engraved by Surugue (Paris: Surugue, 1724).
2 - Print detached from London: Knaplock, 1725 or London: Walthoe, 1731. |