[Don Quixote defends Basilio before Camacho] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Don Quixote defends Basilio before Camacho]
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Quiteria tends to Basilio, who stages his own suicide in the hopes of convincing her and the crowd that she should leave Camacho and return to him. While Don Quixote moves to stop him, Basilio stabs himself. To the right, Camacho prepares to draw his sword. The priest and other unnamed characters are pictured. Unsigned. Part 2, ch. 21.
Image Creator: Coypel, Charles-Antoine (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:20451
Language: fre
Source Name: Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche
Parent Collection: 1733 Huart
Image: mta_20451_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote; Sancho Panza; Basilio; Quiteria; Camacho; Armour; Trees