About this artwork
It is thought that this may be the first depiction of an episode from Ariosto’s poem Orlando Furioso in which Orlando’s madness is precipitated when his beloved, the Princess Angelica of Cathay, falls in love with the page Medoro. The immensely popular poem, first published in 1532, existed in over one hundred Italian editions by the end of that century.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Giorgio Ghisi
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Title
- Angelica and Medoro
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Place
- Italy (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1565–1575
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Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- 29.9 × 20.9 cm (11 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Bernard F. Rogers, Sr. Collection
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Reference Number
- 1935.119
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/21314/manifest.json