Dulcinea del Toboso
Oil Painting
1839 (painted)
1839 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
The title of this painting comes from Cervantes' comic novel Don Quixote (1605). The fanciful aristocratic name 'Dulcinea Del Toboso' was given by Don Quixote to a pretty peasant woman. The eccentric Don believed that he was her protector and she was a 'great lady or Princess'. She was unaware of his fantasies.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Dulcinea del Toboso (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'Dulcinea del Toboso', Charles Robert Leslie, 1839 |
| Physical description | Oil painting |
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| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Subject depicted | |
| Literary reference | Don Quixote by Cervantes |
| Summary | The title of this painting comes from Cervantes' comic novel Don Quixote (1605). The fanciful aristocratic name 'Dulcinea Del Toboso' was given by Don Quixote to a pretty peasant woman. The eccentric Don believed that he was her protector and she was a 'great lady or Princess'. She was unaware of his fantasies. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 174-75 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FA.131[O] |
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| Record created | March 7, 2003 |
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