[Don Quixote performs mad acts of penance] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Don Quixote performs mad acts of penance]
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Don Quixote performs mad acts of penance while Sancho Panza, mounted on Rocinante, observes him. Sancho Panza leaves for El Toboso to deliver Don Quixote’s letter to Dulcinea. In the foreground, Don Quixote’s arms and the barber’s basin (Mambrino’s helmet) are pictured. Plate no. 17, signed by J. Vanderbank (illustrator) and G. van der Gucht (engraver). Vol. 1, book 3, ch. 11.
Image Creator: Vanderbank, John (Illustrator); van der Gucht, Gerard (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:20370
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha
Parent Collection: 1742 Tonson
Image: mta_20370_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote; Sancho Panza; Rocinante