Desafia D. Quixote á la fiereza de los leones · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Desafia D. Quixote á la fiereza de los leones
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: On the road, Don Quixote encounters a wagon carrying two lions in cages that the General of Oran is sending as a present to the king. The errant knight demands that the lion keeper open the cages so that he can fight them, threatening violence if he does not. While Sancho Panza and Don Diego de Miranda run away to a safe distance (background), Don Quixote takes up his shield, unsheaths his sword, and approaches the cage. However, when the keeper opens the cage, the lion refuses to leave, instead yawning and stretching. Signed by A. Rodríguez (illustrator) and T. Enguídanos (engraver). Part 2, ch. 17.
Image Creator: Rodríguez, Antonio (Illustrator); Enguídanos, Tomás López (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:22713
Language: spa
Source Name: El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha
Parent Collection: 1832 Fuentenebro
Image: mta_22713_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote; Sancho Panza; Don Diego de Miranda; Lions