Dulcinea del Toboso
1839
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1839
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dulcinea del Toboso is a 1839 oil by Charles Robert Leslie, a american_impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a woman in fine clothes standing in a garden. Her face looks calm but distant. The artist painted her in soft light, like the sun is setting. The woman is Dulcinea, from Don Quixote. Don Quixote pretended she was a princess, though she never knew it. This story made her a symbol of fantasy and love. Look up this artist next: Leslie, Charles Robert (RA).
