O du beglücktes Zeitalter! beglücktes Jahrhundert! dem unsere Vorfahren den Namen des goldenen beilegten! – Buch II. Kap. 3 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: O du beglücktes Zeitalter! beglücktes Jahrhundert! dem unsere Vorfahren den Namen des goldenen beilegten! – Buch II. Kap. 3
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are hosted by a group of goatherds for dinner. Don Quixote, upon seeing some acorns offered as part of the meal, begins a long tangent about the golden age of nights-errant of which the acorns remind him. He concludes this by thanking the goatherds for their hospitality. The goatherds are confused and amazed by this long speech and offer music as entertainment and a balm to heal Don Quixote’s ear. Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are seated on overturned trough. Don Quixote is telling his story with his arms raised. The goatherds are gathered around the fire, some lying down, some seated, and some standing, watching Don Quixote attentively. This scene can be found in Part I, Book 2, Chapter 3.
Image Creator: Gustave Doré (Illustrator); Héliodore-Joseph Pisan (Engraver)
Type: Text; illustration
Identifier: mta:18011
Language: ger
Source Name: Leben und Thaten des scharfsinnigen Edlen Don Quixote von la Mancha
Parent Collection: 1876 Nachfolger
Image: mta_18011_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Spain; Don Quixote; Sancho Panza; goatherd; acorns; fire; meal