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Description: A proof print, before lettering, of the print from a series of 25 prints illustrating Don Quijote. Published in 1724 by: Surugue.
Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Haussard after Coypel. Jean Baptiste Haussard (Dennevoux 1680-1749) was a French engraver/printmaker. Antoine Coypel (1661-1722) was a history painter, the more famous son of the French painter Noel Coypel.
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Subject: This original print shows: Don Quijote kneeling and embarassing the feet of a peasant woman riding a donkey. The woman brandishes a stick. Sancho Panza, also kneeling, at the right, has deceived his master into thinking the peasant girl is Dulcinea.
Condition: Excellent given age. Margins minimally thumbed and a little soiled. A small tear in the left margin (backed with acid-free archival tape). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 38 x 34 cm. The image size is ca. 32.5 x 32.5 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 15 x 13.4 inch. The image size is ca. 12.8 x 12.8 inch.
Medium: Etching/engraving on a verge type handlaid paper.
Location: B4-17
SKU: TPC 42136.1
Section: TPC-MASTERPRINTS
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