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1662-Bruselas-01-002 |
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Jacob Savery (?) (copied after)
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Unknown
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Don Quixote fighting against the Basque and windmills |
Part I, Madrid 1605
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Chapter 8 |
8.2 Adventure of the windmills (giants) 8.3 Episode with friars of St. Benedict 8.4 Adventure with the Basque
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Chapter illustration
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Burin engraving
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Black and white |
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f.p. 52 |
145 x 82 |
184 x 110 |
Three different scenes in the same plate (archaic):
In the background, the first one: don Quixote attacks the windmills while Sancho tries to stop him.
In the middle ground, the second one: Sancho is beaten by the Benedictine monks' servants.
In the foreground, don Quixote fights with the Basque, while a Basque lady observes them from her carriage.
The Basque holding a stool is not accurate to Cervantes' text; it should be a cushion.
Drawing and engraving are quite acceptable. |
1 - Copied after Savery's illustration for Dordrecht: Savery, 1657.
2 - The same plate will be used for Amberes: Verdussen, 1672-73 and later editions. |