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Title: Vignette, Volume I, Canto III, Page 36, 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:
Nicolas de Launay (French, Paris 1739–1792)
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: 1771
Medium: Etching and engraving; fifth state of six (Bocher)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 15/16 in. (36.5 × 27.8 cm)
Plate: 12 7/16 × 9 13/16 in. (31.6 × 25 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Accession Number: 25.75.56
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