[Don Quixote in his Deathbed] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Don Quixote in his Deathbed]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Plains of La Mancha; Europe
Description: Don Quixote rests in his deathbed having retired from knighthood he returned to his home in La Mancha. Quixote is pictured sitting up in bed dressed in a low collared shirt and a night cap on his head. Quixote is pictured speaking to the priest (left) with a cane in hand and the barber (center). On the right of Quixote's bed, Sancho Panza accompanies his master. In the background by the window, Quixote's niece and housekeeper talk amongst themselves about Quixote's ailing condition.
Image Creator: Unknown (Illustrator & Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25639
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1825 Duyckinck
Image: mta_25639_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Deathbed; Literature; Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Barbers; Spain; Priests; Fiction