Don Quixote 

Gustave Doré created this engraving of Don Quixote, reflecting a 19th-century fascination with Miguel de Cervantes' novel. Doré, working in a period of immense social change, channels the themes of idealism and disillusionment present in Cervantes’ work. In this scene, we see Don Quixote and Sancho Panza meeting Roque Guinart, a bandit chieftain. It's a moment laden with the complexities of justice and morality. The romanticized figure of the noble bandit, who exists outside the confines of the law, was a common trope in the 19th century and it spoke to anxieties about social order and power. Doré highlights these anxieties, contrasting the chivalrous, yet delusional, Quixote with the pragmatic and worldly Guinart. Doré's Don Quixote invites us to reflect on the multifaceted nature of heroism, the blurred lines between right and wrong, and the yearning for a world that often clashes with reality.