Don Quixote and the mill

Country: Spain

Manufactory: Lladro

Date of establishment: 1986

Sculptor: Salvador Furio

Size (cm): 54x27 cm

Porcelain Story

The eternal theme of Spanish porcelain is Don Quixote... How many porcelain masters did not portray him! And with the faithful Sancha Panza, and with the lady of the heart Dulcinea of ??Toboso, and in a cart drawn by tired oxen, and with an open book - comprehending philosophical wisdom. I already once talked about the exhibition of porcelain compositions dedicated to Don Quixote, which many years ago, representatives of the Valencian manufactory Lladro held at the Kiev Theater. Lesya Ukrainka. Then for the first time in my life I saw such a huge number of porcelain Don Quixotes that I simply could not believe my eyes ...

Years have passed - and now I dare to report to you that the Don Quixotes collected in our collection are almost twice as many as were presented at that exhibition. And what Don Quixotes! Look at today's work - everything that distinguishes Spanish porcelain from others is in it: what dynamics of the plot, what pain in the eyes of an unfortunate horse flying somersault, what desperate madness in the gaze of a knight piercing a fragment of a windmill with a spear! ..

I really like this theme in modern porcelain. ''To the madness of the brave we sing a song...''