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Jacob Savery (?) (copied after)
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Unknown
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Don Quixote and the lion |
Part II, Madrid 1615
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Chapter 17 |
17.2 Adventure of the lion
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Chapter illustration
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Burin engraving
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Black and white |
II |
f.p. 144 |
145 x 80 |
184 x 110 |
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. |
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. |