[Sancho Panza Orders for a Cane to Be Broken] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Sancho Panza Orders for a Cane to Be Broken]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: During Sancho Panza's role as governor of Barataria, he sits upon a high regal chair (middle) with a wand in his right hand and points towards a cane with his left hand. A group of people gather around and behind the throne to see and hear Sancho's decree. On the left and right of the foreground there are two old men who have approached Sancho for the purpose of having their altercation resolved. One of Sancho's men takes the governor's order and snaps a hollow cane in half with his knee, from which coins fall to the floor. At the top right on a pillar hangs a cross depicting the crucifixion of Christ.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26940
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26940_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Governors; Spain; Justice, Administration of; Spain; Older men; Fiction; Gold coins; Spain; Jesus Christ; Crucifixion