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Dutch or French, second half 18th century, depicting Don Quixote (at center left, wearing a sash and plumed hat) attended by ladies in-waiting, two ladies attend directly to his clothes and armor, discarded in the foreground, at left, a parrot sits atop a birdcage, with a diagonal drapery or curtain at middle ground, three ladies lean on a cloth covered table, one turned halfway to look at the viewer while pointing mockingly at Don Quixote, the lady to her right holds a mirror to face him, at center right, Sancho Panza bows to two ladies with his hat in his left hand, at right, a small dog and a monkey holding a ball on a stool face each other in the foreground, lady cuts fabric on a scroll ornamented table and another faces away, holding another swath of fabric, stage like background of Classical architecture with arches, pilasters, and niches with shell motifs, open to a garden, frame style border with beaded ribbon surround and shell/foliate motifs at corners, 135-1/2 x 219-1/2 in. (11 ft. 3-1/2 in. x 18 ft. 3-1/2 in.) Provenance: Acquired by Orme Wilson, Jr. of New York, NY, possibly inherited from Caroline Astor Schermerhorn Wilson of New York; 1956, gift of Orme Wilson to the Brooklyn Museum; Property from the Brooklyn Museum Exhibition History: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, President's Reception, May 25 - June 4, 1956.