Portrait of novelist Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra

Portrait of novelist Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra, 1547-1616. Man with Van Dyke beard in ruff collar, doublet, breeches, hose, sitting in a library, writing with quill pen on paper. Behind him a helmet and sword, and a knight on horseback with lance riding in a vaulted interior. Copperplate engraving by George Vertue after a portrait by William Kent (G. Kent in error) from The Life and Exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de La Mancha, translated from the original Spanish of Miguel Cervantes by Charles Jarvis, J and R Tonson, London, 1738

1738 Breeches Doublet Epic Error Genius Inkwell Quill Pen Ruff Collar Translated Vault William Kent

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