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1949-Paris-Club-02-005 |
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Diego de Obregón (copied after)
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Unknown (reproduced by process)
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Don Quixote and Sancho encounter a cart with players |
Part II, Madrid 1615
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Chapter 11 |
11.1 Adventure of the cart of actors; “cortes de la muerte”
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Vignette
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Woodcut Process / Photomechanical technique
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Black and white |
II |
98 |
70 x 90 |
206 x 130 |
In the foreground, the bojiganga stealing Sancho's donkey; accurate to Cervantes' text, he holds three blown bladders.
In the middle ground, the cart with actors of Angulo el Malo's company disguised to perform Las Cortes de la Muerte (Devil, Death, Cupid, Angel, Emperor, Queen and Knight or Soldier).
On the left, Sancho running to help don Quixote (background); the knight is falling from Rocinante. |
1 - Reproduced after Tarragona: Joseph Barber, 1757.
2 – Poor copy after Diego de Obregón’s illustration (Madrid: Andrés García de la Iglesia, 1674) or later copies. |