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Wisdom freeing Don Quixote from Madness

1724
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Wisdom freeing Don Quixote from Madness
  • Series/Portfolio: Don Quixote
  • Artist: Charles Nicolas Cochin I (French, Paris 1688–1754 Paris)
  • Artist: After Charles Antoine Coypel (French, Paris 1694–1752 Paris)
  • Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Spanish, Alcalá 1547–1616 Madrid)
  • Publisher: Louis Surugue (French, Paris ca. 1686–1762 Grand Vaux)
  • Date: 1724
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 12 1/16 × 12 3/8 in. (30.7 × 31.5 cm)
    Sheet: 22 3/16 × 16 1/8 in. (56.3 × 41 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Helen O. Brice, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.64.8(24)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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