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Etching (acquaforte)
Don Quixote's arms still hanged on a tree.
Good drawing and engraving; Dorotea's figure is specially remarkable.
2 - Unsigned.
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| Image | 1771-Berlin-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Daniel-Nicolas Chodowiecki (?) |
| Engraver | J. F. Schuster (?) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Die Princessin Micomicona fleht den Ritter um Schutz an. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 29 |
| Subject |
29.3 Dorotea kneels before DQ |
| Illustration Type |
Illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 4 |
| Image Dimension | Not available |
| Page Dimension | Not available |
| Commentary | In Sierra Morena, Princess Micomicona (Dorotea) kneels before don Quixote begging for his help, while the knight tries to make her stand up; also in the scene, Sancho and Micomicona's squire (the barber disguised with a fake beard).
Don Quixote's arms still hanged on a tree. Good drawing and engraving; Dorotea's figure is specially remarkable. |
| Notes | 1 - Copied after Daniel Berger's engraving for the Genealogischer Kalendar (Berlin: 1771; German edition).
2 - Unsigned. |