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Vignette, Volume I, Canto VII, Page 169, from Orlando furioso di Ludovico Ariosto. Birmingham d'a Torchj. di G. Baskerville Per P. Molini Librajo dell. Academia. Reale è G. Molini. MDCCLXXIII.

Benoit Louis Prevost French
After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune French
Author Ludovico Ariosto Italian

1771–74

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Alcina seated with Ruggiero in a landscape, putting flowers in his hair. Putti fly at upper right, and musicians play in the background at left.

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Title: Vignette, Volume I, Canto VII, Page 169, from Orlando furioso di Ludovico Ariosto. Birmingham d'a Torchj. di G. Baskerville Per P. Molini Librajo dell. Academia. Reale è G. Molini. MDCCLXXIII.

Series/Portfolio: Orlando furioso di Ludovico Ariosto. Birmingham d'a Torchj. di G. Baskerville Per P. Molini Librajo dell. Academia. Reale è G. Molini. MDCCLXXIII.

Artist: Benoit Louis Prevost (French, 1747–ca. 1804)

Artist: After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)

Author: Ludovico Ariosto (Italian, Reggio Emilia 1474–1533 Ferrara)

Date: 1771–74

Medium: Etching and engraving; third state of six (Bocher)

Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 5 1/16 in. (20.6 × 12.8 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed, 1964

Object Number: 64.542.250

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