[Don Quixots Encounter with a Flock of Sheep] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Don Quixots Encounter with a Flock of Sheep]
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Mancha (Spain)
Description: Don Quixote charges on horseback down from a mountain into the plains towards a flock of sheep. He thinks the flock of sheep to be an army made to look like sheep by means of witchcraft. Quixote assaults the flock of sheep with a sword in his right hand whilst donning his signature armour. During his siege he successfully flays two sheep before two shepherds try and stop him from harming their flock. The shepherd nearest Quixote brandishes a stick, while the one on the right takes out a sling and flings two medium sized rocks at Quixote.
Image Creator: J. Ozell (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24530
Language: eng
Source Name: The History of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha
Parent Collection: 1725 Motteux
Image: mta_24530_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Shepherds in literature; Knights and knighthood; Slings; Shepherds' crooks; Sheep; Swords in literature