[Sancho Sits Before the Duchess] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Sancho Sits Before the Duchess]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Sancho Panza (middle) sits on a low stool, his arms resting on his knees, he looks up at the duchess to speak. Five of the duchess's damsels and duennas gatherround about him, in silence, to hear what he will say. The duchess herself sits on a high chair and looks down upon Sancho in a white dress, a feather duster in her right hand which she rests upon her lap. She wears a golden medallion upon her neck.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26671
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26671_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Jewelry; History; Indentured servants; Fiction; Monarchy; Spain; Clothing and dress; Fiction