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Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808–1879) often used Miguel de Cervantes’s comic novel Don Quixote as a source for paintings and drawings. These always feature Don Quixote himself, who is usually accompanied by his faithful companion, Sancho Panza. This picture probably depicts the incident when Don Quixote, on horseback in the centre of the painting, charges at a cloud of dust, which he has mistaken for two armies about to do battle. Sancho Panza, who sits on a mule on the right, drinks from a flagon, having explained to the Don that the dust is caused by flocks of sheep.

This small and almost monochrome oil painting on a wood panel is most likely a trial or preliminary sketch for a larger painting now in an American collection. Daumier’s profession as a caricaturist is evident in his use of swiftly sketched outlines and dramatic contrasts of light and dark to convey the essential components of the narrative without unnecessary detail.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Date

about 1855

Medium

Oil on oak

Measurements

H 40.3 x W 64.1 cm

Accession number

NG3244

Acquisition method

Sir Hugh Lane Bequest, 1917

Work type

Painting

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