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Arrival of Don Quixote at the Duke and Duchess' (Don Quixote, II, 31, ed. 1863) - Gustave Doré

Description

History :
  1. Signed at bottom left of engraving "G. Doré".
    Legend: "QUE VOTRE GRANDEUR AILLE MAINTENANT DESCENDRE DE SON PALEFROI MADAME LA DUCHESSE. T. II, CHAP. XXXI."
  2. Gustave Doré had originally planned to depict another moment in the chapter, a little later in the narrative: the duchess's damsels are busy grooming the ingenious hidalgo, and trimming his beard.
Textual Sources :
Cervantes, Don Quichotte (1605 et 1615)

Technical Data

Notice #025650

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Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Bibliothèque numérique Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France (https://gallica.bnf.fr)