Angelica and Medoro

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Prints and Drawings

c. 1570

Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520-1582)
after Teodoro Ghisi (Italian, died 1601)

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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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Giorgio Ghisi
Title: Angelica and Medoro
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1565–1575
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 29.9 × 20.9 cm (11 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Bernard F. Rogers, Sr. Collection
Reference Number: 1935.119
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