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Composition without many changes: in the foreground, Dorotea washing her feet into a stream and "combing" her hair.
From the background, the priest, the barber and Cardenio observe her.
Quite acceptable engraving.
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| Image | 1809-Londres-Didier-01-009 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Claude? Lefebvre (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Le jeune homme, qui fe croyoit feul, ôta tont-â-fait son bonnet, &c. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 28 |
| Subject |
28.1 Priest, barber and Cardenio encounter Dorotea |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II (tomes 1 and 2 bound together) |
| Page Number | f.p. 194 |
| Image Dimension | 92 x 55 |
| Page Dimension | 133 x 80 |
| Commentary | Well-known scene in 18th century editions since Coypel (Paris: Surugue, c. 1734), Vanderbank (London: Tonson, 1738) or Hayman (London: Millar, 1755).
Composition without many changes: in the foreground, Dorotea washing her feet into a stream and "combing" her hair. From the background, the priest, the barber and Cardenio observe her. Quite acceptable engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Copied after the illustration first-published in Paris: Didot L'aîné-Deterville, 1799. |