Image 1662-Bruselas-02-003 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Jacob Savery (?) (copied after) 
Engraver Unknown 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Don Quixote and the lion 
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 17 
Subject 17.2 Adventure of the lion
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume II 
Page Number f.p. 144 
Image Dimension 145 x 80 
Page Dimension 184 x 110 
Commentary In the foreground, don Quixote is prepared to fight with a lion while the lionkeeper opens the gate of the cage.
In the background, Sancho and don Diego de Miranda running away.
This composition, with not many changes, will be used until the 20th century.
Drawing and engraving are poor. 
Notes 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.