[The Burial of Chrysostom] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Burial of Chrysostom]
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Don Quixote and a party of Shepherds attend the burial of Chrysostom, a shepherd who had fallen so deeply in love with Marcela, a shepherdess who refuses to marry, that he killed himself when he was rejected. At the burial Vivaldo (middle right), a passing scholar/gentleman (hidalgo), reads aloud one of Chrysostom's poems written in Marcela's absence to the approval of those who heard it. Vivaldo is about to read another one of Chrysostom's poems, but he is interrupted by Marcela who appears on top of the rock under which they are digging Chrysostom's grave. Ambrosio (left of Vivaldo), Chrysostom's closest friend, accuses Marcela of killing Chrysostom and asks why she has bothered to appear at her victims burial. She responds that she has returned to vindicate herself of the deed which she has been accused of. Don Quixote watches these events unfold clad in full armor, leaning passively upon his shield.
Image Creator: Philip Simons (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24821
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1747 Wilson
Image: mta_24821_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Knights and knighthood in art; Shepherds; Death and burial