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The figure of the niece, as a classical Mary Magdalene, is remarkable.
Well-resolved scene, theatrical (canopy), but not too much dramatic.
Drawing and engraving are excellent.
2 - Plate 31.
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| Image | 1766 London Tonson-04-010 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | John Vanderbank |
| Engraver | Gerard van der Gucht |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote's last will |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 74 |
| Subject |
74.2 DQ makes his will |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | IV |
| Page Number | f.p. 351 |
| Image Dimension | 130 x 77 |
| Page Dimension | 170 x 95 |
| Commentary | In the center of the composition, don Quixote in his bed, accepting the crucifix that the priest shows him (symbol of his sane and Christian death), and surrounded by the niece, an unknown figure, Sancho Panza, the bachelor Sansón Carrasco, other unknown figure, the barber, the housekeeper and the notary.
The figure of the niece, as a classical Mary Magdalene, is remarkable. Well-resolved scene, theatrical (canopy), but not too much dramatic. Drawing and engraving are excellent. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved for London: Tonson, 1749, now partially-erased.
2 - Plate 31. |