[Quixote and Sancho Depart From The Duchess' Castle] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Quixote and Sancho Depart From The Duchess' Castle]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Having grown sedentary within the duchess' castle, Don Quixote (right), clad in full armor, departs for adventure upon his horse. In his left hand Quixote holds a spear while in his right hand he holds a shield, and stopping for a moment he looks up and towards the left. To Quixote's left, Sancho Panza can be seen upon his donkey riding straight ahead. In the top left in a tower of stone women wave handkerchiefs in bidding farewell to the knight and his squire.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27086
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_27086_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Donkeys; Literature; Farewells; Literature; Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Horses; Spain; Weapons; History; Literature; Knights and knighthood in art