Cleveland Museum of Art

Sancho Panza

Gustave Doré

Date

c. 1863

Medium

Pen, brown ink, black ink on modern laid paper

Culture

France, 19th century

Department

Drawings

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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