Don Quixote Sets Out Equipped as a Knight Errant · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Don Quixote Sets Out Equipped as a Knight Errant
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Spain; Europe; Plains of La Mancha
Description: Don Quixote sets off in secret to begin his chivalrous journey. This image portrays the scene as Don Quixote might have envisioned it, for the windmill in the background is armed with a sword and club, while also having the head of a giant. Moreover, the woman flying next to him and the cherub is likely Dulcinea Del Toboso, the woman for whom he has given the soverignty of his heart while the woman curtsying by the fence is Aldonsa Lorenzo, the woman who Dulcinea Del Toboso is based on.
Image Creator: Mr. Ozell (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24996
Language: eng
Source Name: The History of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha
Parent Collection: 1749 Innys
Image: mta_24996_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Imagination; Literature; Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Knights and knighthood in art