Don Quixote sits deep in the saddle, raising a gourd flask to his lips, his left hand and the lance resting against the horse's mane. An oval shield is strapped across his back and the armour is painted in silvered grey over a lilac-pink doublet. The bay horse stretches its neck down to the foliage at the front of the base, its long mane falling in waves. Green shoots run over the plate beneath the hooves.