Conference with the Duchess · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Conference with the Duchess
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Don Quixote meets the Duke and the Duchess clad in full armor with his beaver up and making a show of displaying his knighthood., Sancho was hastening to hold his stirrup, but in getting off from Dapple, got foot hung in one of the stirrups, in such manner, that it was impossible for him to disentangle himself, so he stood by his donkey facing the duchess. As Quixote approaches, the Duchess explains to her husband, the duke, of the countenance of Don Quixote. The duchess is standing on the ground next to the duke's horse dressed in green fanciful attire. The other two men are the duchess' attendants, aiding her in her hunting. The duke is mounted atop a strong white horse with a feathered cap and rich apparel with a hand on his hip.
Image Creator: B. Lane (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25156
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1809 Lewis
Image: mta_25156_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Knights and knighthood in art; Accident victims; Fiction