Vignette, Volume I, Canto XXIII, Page 488, from "Roland furieux Poëme héroïque de l'Arioste traduction nouvelle Par M. D'Ussieux. à Paris chez Brunet, libraire, ru de Ecrivans MDCCLXXV-MDCCLXXIII"
Orlando depicted nude, trying to uproot trees.
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- Title: Vignette, Volume I, Canto XXIII, Page 488, from "Roland furieux Poëme héroïque de l'Arioste traduction nouvelle Par M. D'Ussieux. à Paris chez Brunet, libraire, ru de Ecrivans MDCCLXXV-MDCCLXXIII"
- Series/Portfolio: Roland furieux Poëme héroïque de l'Arioste traduction nouvelle Par M. D'Ussieux. à Paris chez Brunet, libraire, ru de Ecrivans MDCCLXXV-MDCCLXXIII
- Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Blaise Simonet (French, Paris 1742–after 1813)
- Artist: After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
- Author: Ludovico Ariosto (Italian, Reggio Emilia 1474–1533 Ferrara)
- Translator: Louis d'Ussieux (French, 1744–1805)
- Publisher: Brunet (French, active 18th century)
- Date: published 1775–83
- Medium: Etching and engraving; fourth state of six (Bocher)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 14 × 10 3/8 in. (35.5 × 26.4 cm)
Plate: 12 3/8 × 9 13/16 in. (31.4 × 25 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.75.55
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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