24.3 Cardenio attacks DQ and SP
Simple composition.
Drawing and engraving are bad and poor in details (Rocinante, donkey, tree, mountains..); Cardenio's scorzo is crude.
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| Image | 1700-1706London-01-008 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jacob Savery (copied) |
| Engraver | Michael van der Gucht |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Cardenio the madman beats the Kight & Squire |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 24 |
| Subject |
24.1 Story of Cardenio 24.3 Cardenio attacks DQ and SP |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 170 |
| Image Dimension | 144 x 78 |
| Page Dimension | 177 x 110 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, Cardenio fighting against don Quixote, fallen defeated, and Sancho, protecting his head; the goatherd arrives to help them.
Simple composition. Drawing and engraving are bad and poor in details (Rocinante, donkey, tree, mountains..); Cardenio's scorzo is crude. |
| Notes | 1 - Copy after Savery's original composition (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657; also copied for Brussels: Mommarte, 1662; Amberes: Verdussen, 1672 - 1673). |