Don Quixote Tilting at Windmills, from “Don Quixote in Grotesques” 1669 - 1679

This tapestry, “Don Quixote Tilting at Windmills” from “Don Quixote in Grotesques”, was created by an anonymous artist between 1669 and 1679 and is currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The tapestry depicts a scene from the novel “Don Quixote”, where the protagonist attacks windmills, mistaking them for giants. The work is characteristic of the grotesques style, where a complex design fills the tapestry, interweaving floral motifs, animal figures and human forms. This scene is part of a larger series of tapestries depicting the entire “Don Quixote” novel.