Sancho Panza (c. 1863): Art, History and Details

Sancho Panza (c. 1863) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This image is one of a large group of illustrations that French artist Gustave Doré made for an 1863 edition of Miguel de Cervantes’s novel Don Quixote, originally published in 1605. It depicts Sancho Panza, the humorous sidekick of the novel’s hero. Placed at the end of a chapter in the book, this vignette emphasizes Sancho’s stocky form and curiosity, as he looks forward attentively.

Object facts

• Title: Sancho Panza
• Date: c. 1863
• Creator attribution: Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: Pen, brown ink, black ink on modern laid paper
• Dimensions: Sheet: 14.4 x 10.5 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 2018.1066

A detail from the museum

This drawing is one of almost 400 that Gustave Doré created to illustrate Don Quixote.

Collection credit

Bequest of Muriel Butkin

View the collection record

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