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Image | 1733-Paris-David-05-005 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after by Bonard) |
Engraver | Unknown |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote released of his madness by Wisdom |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 74 |
Subject | |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | V |
Page Number | f.p. 2 |
Image Dimension | 123 x 69 |
Page Dimension | 168 x 100 |
Commentary | Allegorical scene of great beauty.
In a room, don Quixote, asleep, is protected by Wisdom (as Athena among shining clouds); his arms and barber basin remain abandoned. On the right, Sancho, awake, is captivated by Folly (with a jester scepter among dark clouds), who shows him a crown and a castle (the promised government of the island). Drawing and engraving are acceptable as a whole. |
Notes | 1 - Same plate first used for Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1732.
2 - Copied after Coypel's design (first appeared in Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30). |