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Image | s1725-London-VanderGucht-01-006 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Gerard van der Gucht (?) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | The Pretended Princess of Micomicon petitions Don Quixote to restore her to her Kingdom |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 29 |
Subject |
29.3 Dorotea kneels before DQ |
Illustration Type |
Illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | 6 |
Image Dimension | 270 x 285 |
Page Dimension | 347 x 470 |
Commentary | The scene is resolved with the basic composition.
Micomicona (Dorotea) kneels down before don Quixote and the knight tries to prevent her from doing it. The barber, also knelt and disguised with a beard (ox tail), laughs, while Sancho holds the barber basin. Behind the trees, the priest and Cardenio are hidden. Well-detailed drawing and engraving (see Micomicona's dress, trees, cascade...). |
Notes | 1 - From set "Sold by G. Vander Gucht in Queen Street Bloomsbury" (London, c. 1725 or later); numbered as plate 6.
2 - Copy engraved by Gerard van der Gucht? after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1724); the composition has been turned in comparison with Coypel's, but they both have the same large horizontal format. |