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Vignette, Volume I, Canto III, Page 55, from "Orlando Furioso"

1771
Not on view
Melissa and Bradamante in a temple standing before an altar on a tripod illuminated by light.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vignette, Volume I, Canto III, Page 55, from "Orlando Furioso"
  • Series/Portfolio: Orlando Furioso
  • Artist: Nicolas de Launay (French, Paris 1739–1792 Paris)
  • Artist: After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
  • Author: Ludovico Ariosto (Italian, Reggio Emilia 1474–1533 Ferrara)
  • Publisher: G. Baskerville
  • Date: 1771
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; fourth state of six (Bocher)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 13/16 in. (23.5 × 14.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.500.583(4)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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