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Image | s1725-London-VanderGucht-01-012 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Gerard van der Gucht (?) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Don Quixote decieved by Sancho; takes a Country Girl for Dulcinea |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 10 |
Subject |
10.2 The three labradoras 10.3 SP presents to DQ the enchanted Dulcinea |
Illustration Type |
Illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | 12 |
Image Dimension | 273 x 302 |
Page Dimension | 347 x 470 |
Commentary | Scene resolved with a basic composition.
Don Quixote and Sancho kneel before three peasant girls mounted on donkeys. Sancho introduces one of the peasant girls as the enchanted Dulcinea and don Quixote tries to kiss her foot. The three peasant girls are represented as French maidens. Baroque landscape including a lake with fishermen (very different from La Mancha landscape). Well-detailed drawing and engraving. |
Notes | 1 - From set "Sold by G. Vander Gucht in Queen Street Bloomsbury" (London, c. 1728-30 or later); numbered as plate 12.
2 - Copy engraved by Gerard van der Gucht? after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30); the composition has been turned in comparison with Coypel's, but they both have the same large horizontal format. |