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Canto XX, Stanza CXXVII, from "Orlando Furioso"

1773
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Canto XX, Stanza CXXVII, from "Orlando Furioso"
  • Series/Portfolio: Orlando Furioso
  • Artist and engraver: Nicolas de Launay (French, Paris 1739–1792 Paris)
  • Artist: After Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels)
  • Author: Ludovico Ariosto (Italian, Reggio Emilia 1474–1533 Ferrara)
  • Publisher: G. Baskerville
  • Date: 1773
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 5 3/4 in. (23.4 × 14.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.500.583(19)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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