[Of How Quixote Encountered Durandarte in the Cave of Montesinos] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Of How Quixote Encountered Durandarte in the Cave of Montesinos]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe; Cave of Montesinos
Description: In the cave of Montesinos, within an alabaster hall, Don Quixote, clad in armor, stands before a marble tomb and bows slightly, introducing himself to Durandarte, a living cavalier who lies upon the tomb. Durandarte's right hand is laid on the region of his heart. Montesinos, a venerable old man with a long beard kneels before Durandarte and introduces Don Quixote with a motion of his left hand, he also carries a rosary of beads in his right hand.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Sears (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26336
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26336_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Introduction Etiquette; Spain; Armor; Literature; Deathbed; Literature; Caves; Spain; Knights and knighthood in art; Rosary; Meditations; Imagination; Literature