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| Image | 1733-Paris-David-02-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after by Bonard) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Micomicona kneels down before don Quixote |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 29 |
| Subject |
29.3 Dorotea kneels before DQ |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 26 |
| Image Dimension | 123 x 69 |
| Page Dimension | 168 x 100 |
| Commentary | The scene is resolved with the basic composition.
Micomicona (Dorotea) kneels down before don Quixote while he tries to prevent her from doing it. The barber, disguised with a beard, laughs, while Sancho holds the barber basin. Behind the trees, the priest and Cardenio hidden. Acceptable drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved for Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1732.
2 - Turned copy with a new vertical format after Coypel’s illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1724). |