[Don Quixot's Encounter with the Wind-mills] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Don Quixot's Encounter with the Wind-mills]
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Mancha (Spain)
Description: Don Quixote, mounted upon a horse, charges at a windmill with the intention of felling it with a lance. In his left hand he carries a shield and is clad in full armour with a helmet covering his face. There are three windmills in total and Quixote is charging the one closest to the foreground. In the mid-ground, Sancho Panza can be seen praying alongside his donkey. In the background a horse drawn carriage proceeds down a path.
Image Creator: J. Ozell (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24518
Language: eng
Source Name: The History of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha
Parent Collection: 1725 Motteux
Image: mta_24518_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Windmills; Knights and knighthood; Don Quixote (Fictitious character); Lances; Shields in literature; Carriages and carts