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Windmills in a country setting are the background to a monument with a bass-relief of Don Quixote centered on the top and inscribed underneath "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha"

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Year:
1780
Contributor:
Arnal, Juan Pedro, 1735-1805 (artist)
La Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Juan de, 1734-1790 (engraver)
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Don Quixote (Fictitious character)
Local ID:
1-SIZE PQ 6323 A1 1780 3
Extent:
1 engraving ; 21.3 x 14.8 cm.

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Abstract:
Windmills in a country setting are the background to a monument with a bass-relief of Don Quixote centered on the top and inscribed underneath "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha." Standing at the bottom of the monument are a jester and a warrior. Don Quixote's lance, shield and armor lie with scrolls and books on the pedestal of the monument.
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Arnal, Juan Pedro, "Windmills in a country setting are the background to a monument with a bass-relief of Don Quixote centered on the top and inscribed underneath 'El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha'" (1780). Illustrated Quixote. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:57417/

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