Nov 28, 2025
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Entertained by Basil and Quiteria
Artist: Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883)
Date: c. 1863
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, United States
Description
Doré, best known as a print maker and illustrator, often based his paintings on compositions originally created for book illustrations. This picture corresponds to an engraving that he made for an 1863 French edition of Cervantes's Don Quixote. The episode depicted is the visit paid by Don Quixote and his faithful groom to Basil and Quiteria, a young couple who had just been married owing to the knight's intervention.
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