He has done like Orbaneja, the painter of Ubeda, who, being asked what he painted, answered, "As it may hit;" and when he had scrawled out a misshapen cock, was forced to write underneath, in Gothic letters, "This is a cock."


Ch. 3. - Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615) - Part II (1615) - Book III

Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

He has done like Orbaneja, the painter of Ubeda, who, being asked what he painted, answered, As it may hit; and when he had scrawled out a misshapen...

He has done like Orbaneja, the painter of Ubeda, who, being asked what he painted, answered, As it may hit; and when he had scrawled out a misshapen...

He has done like Orbaneja, the painter of Ubeda, who, being asked what he painted, answered, As it may hit; and when he had scrawled out a misshapen...

He has done like Orbaneja, the painter of Ubeda, who, being asked what he painted, answered, As it may hit; and when he had scrawled out a misshapen...