Las criadas de la Duquesa xabonan las barbas á D. Quixote · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Las criadas de la Duquesa xabonan las barbas á D. Quixote
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: As the table is being cleared after the meal, four of the duchess’ maidens enter the room. The first bears a silver basin, the second a silver pitcher, the third two thick white towels, and the fourth a round cake of Neopolitan soap. They place the basin before Don Quixote, leading him to conclude that it must be the custom in this land to wash one’s beard rather than one’s hands. After the beard-washing maiden has covered his beard with lather, she pretends that there is no water left asks the one with the pitcher to fetch more, leaving Don Quixote waiting. The duke, the duchess, Sancho Panza, and the maidens hide their laughter at the strange and funny sight. Signed by A. Rodríguez (illustrator) and M. Albuerne (engraver). Part 2, ch. 32.
Image Creator: Rodríguez, Antonio (Illustrator); Albuerne, Manuel (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:22719
Language: spa
Source Name: El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha
Parent Collection: 1832 Fuentenebro
Image: mta_22719_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote; Sancho Panza; Palaces