[Altisidora Pretends to Feint Away Before Don Quixote] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Altisidora Pretends to Feint Away Before Don Quixote]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: In the estate of the duchess, Don Quixote (right) clad in a doublet with travelling boots and a scarlet mantle with a sword by his waist puts his right arm on his chest to introduce himself to Altisidora, who, upon spying Don Quixote, pretends to faint away, into her companion's arms.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26946
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26946_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Knights and knighthood in art; Introduction Etiquette; Spain; Weapons; History; Literature; Clothing and dress; Fiction; Deception; Fiction