Don Quixote Cured by Wisdom · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Don Quixote Cured by Wisdom
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Plains of La Mancha; Spain; Europe
Description: Having lost in a duel to the knight of the half-moon, Don Quixote returns La Mancha in defeat. Once returned, he is seized by a violent fever that confines him to his bed for six days. While sickened in bed he is gradually disillusioned of his madness, but his sadness is so profound nothing can lift his spirits. In this image, Don Quixote is portrayed as being cured of his chivalrous fantasy's by a woman clad in armour and a great feathered helmet who parts the clouds and offers the dejected Quixote some clarity. Meanwhile to his right, the apparition which was his version of Dulcinea del Toboso appears to be flying off into the distance as the real Dulcinea del Toboso has been disenchanted.
Image Creator: Mr. Ozell (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25005
Language: eng
Source Name: The History of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha
Parent Collection: 1749 Innys
Image: mta_25005_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Wisdom literature; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Mental illness; Treatment; Dreams; Fiction; Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates