Dulcinea del Toboso is a fictional character who is unseen in Miguel de Cervantes's novel Don Quixote. Don Quixote believes he must have a lady to whom to direct his courtly love and homage, according
Dulcinea (1957), sculpture by F. Coullaut-Valera, in Madrid (Spain).
Monument to Don Quixote and Dulcinea, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
Dulcinea del Toboso by Charles Robert Leslie, 1839
Don Quixote is a novel by Miguel de Cervantes, written in Early Modern Spanish and published in two parts in 1605 and 1615. It is considered a founding work of Western literature and the first modern
Dulcinea del Toboso
…Dulcinea del Toboso is a fictional character who is unseen in Miguel de Cervantes's novel Don Quixote. Don Quixote believes he must have a lady to whom to direct his courtly love and homage, according to his understanding, nurtured by chivalric literature…
Don Quixote de la Mancha (first edition, 1605, printed by Juan de la Cuesta)
Don Quixote goes mad from his reading of books of chivalry. Engraving by Gustave Doré.
Illustration by Gustave Doré depicting the famous windmill scene
Don Quixote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza, 1863, by Gustave Doré