Vedi illustre campion, fior degli Eroi, / Dorotea, che si prostra ai piedi tuoi. / D'alta fama se brami esser tu degno, / Uccidi un mostro, e la riporta al regno. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Vedi illustre campion, fior degli Eroi, / Dorotea, che si prostra ai piedi tuoi. / D'alta fama se brami esser tu degno, / Uccidi un mostro, e la riporta al regno.
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe; Sierra Morena
Description: In Sierra Morena, princess Mimicona (Dorotea) kneels before Don Quixote and begs for his help. The barber is disguised as Dorotea’s page with a fake beard (an oxtail). Don Quixote holds a rosary, used in his penance, and his armour hangs in a tree. In the background, the priest and Cardenio watch the scene, hidden behind some shrubs. Signed by Bartolomeo Pinelli (engraver and illustrator) and dated Rome, 1833. Plate 30. Part 1, ch. 29.
Image Creator: Pinelli, Bartolomeo (Illustrator); Pinelli, Bartolomeo (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:20646
Language: ita
Source Name: Le azioni piu celebrate del famoso cavaliere errante Don Chisciotte della Mancia inventate ed incise da Bartilomeo Pinelli Romano
Parent Collection: 1834 Gentilucci
Image: mta_20646_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote; Sancho Panza; Dorotea; Cardenio; Rocinante; Armour; Rosary