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(Scene from Don Quixote), John Ritto Penniman, 1816
John Ritto PennimanAmerican

(Scene from Don Quixote)

1816 · Painting · 76.2 × 62.9 cm

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

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About the painting

This painting shows a scene from the seventeenth-century novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Inspired by stories of chivalry, Don Quixote traveled “through the world in search of adventures.” He met a young girl who had run away from home disguised in boy’s clothing. Here, she has just been discovered by three of Quixote’s companions, who stare in confusion, aroused by “his” beautiful long legs that appear to be made of “pure alabaster.”

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Accession number
1970.186

What it shows

WaterDon Quixote (Fictitious character)LandscapeAmusementLiteratureCervantesGroomingRecreation

In the catalog

PaintingsOilAmerican paintingNeoclassicismRomanticism19th century

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