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Don Quixote Stabs His Sword into a Bag of Wine
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Don Quixote Stabs His Sword into a Bag of Wine

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki · 1775 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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At night, Don Quixote sees wine sacks as giants. Only clad in his nightshirt, he stabs one of the sacks with his sword. The wine that flows out he sees as giant blood. Sancho Panza, the innkeeper and the priest watch in the background.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printMiguel de Cervantes SaavedraDon Quixotehotel, hostelry, inn
Credit lineDon Quichot steekt zijn zwaard in een zak wijn. 1775. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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