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| 'Dulcinea del Toboso' (1839) by Charles Robert Leslie; Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
I couldn't find a nice painter for today so I'm going to cheat a little bit. Because I have already done a post on Charles Robert Leslie, born on 19 October 1794 and died on 5 May 1859. Actually, it was not a post on the English painter himself, but a post on a historical event that was portrayed by Leslie. So I'm not cheating completely here. Fortunately, there is enough of Leslie's work to choose from for another post. The title of the painting I chose, 'Dulcinea del Toboso', comes from Cervantes' comic novel 'Don Quixote' (1605). Dulcinea is a fictional character in the novel, although she's only referred to but doesn't appear in the story. The aristocratic name of Dulcinea del Toboso was given by Don Quixote to a pretty peasant woman. She was unaware that he had fantasies about her. If you want to know more about her character, click on the link or consult the internet.
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