CHRYSOSTOM · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: CHRYSOSTOM
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: The shepherd depicted in the illustration is Chrysostom a love-sick shepherd's student who dies from his love for Marcela (who he likely looking towards out of frame), a wealthy, beautiful orphan who has abandoned her wealth for a shepherdess’s life and refuses to marry. Don Quixote (not pictured in the illustration) is relayed this story by a group of goatherds who invite him to accompany them to Chrysostom's burial.
Image Creator: W.H. Robinson (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24793
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1898 Page
Image: mta_24793_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Shepherds; History; Sheep; Literature; Love in literature