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25.5 DQ performs mad acts
Don Quixote's arms remain hanged on a tree.
Drawing and engraving are quite acceptable despite some faults.
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| Image | 1700-Paris-Libraires-01-014 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Frederik Bouttats (copied after) |
| Engraver | Antoine Clouzier |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote's penance in Sierra Morena |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 25 |
| Subject |
25.4 SP’s embassy to Dulcinea; 25.5 DQ performs mad acts |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 391 |
| Image Dimension | 126 x 68 |
| Page Dimension | 164 x 95 |
| Commentary | Sancho, with a broom bunch (accurate to Cervantes' text), leaves for El Toboso on Rocinante, while don Quixote remains doing penance in Sierra Morena (half-naked, doing a somersault in an undecorous manner).
Don Quixote's arms remain hanged on a tree. Drawing and engraving are quite acceptable despite some faults. |
| Notes | 1 - Turned copy after Bouttats' illustration for Amberes: Verdussen, 1672-73. |