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Image | 1820b-Paris-Renouard-03-005 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Johannot (Alfred Johannot? or Tony Johannot?) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote defending Basilio |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 21 |
Subject |
21.1 Basilio’s deception 21.2 Marriage of Basilio and Quiteria |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | III |
Page Number | f.p. 147 |
Image Dimension | 93 x 66 |
Page Dimension | 180 x 105 |
Commentary | In the center: Quiteria and Basilio, pretending to have stabbed himself. In the right, Camacho ready to draw his sword. From the left, don Quixote moves to stop him, while Sancho is only interested in protecting his food. Also the priest.
Good drawing and engraving. |
Notes | 1 - Good turned, reduced and vignetted copy after Coypel's illustration for Paris: Surugue, c. 1723-24 (also in London: Knaplock, 1725; La Haye: Pierre de Hondt, 1746; and others); Johannot eliminated some figures. |