Vignette, Canto IX, Stanza LXXXV, from Orlando furioso di Ludovico Ariosto. Birmingham d'a Torchj. di G. Baskerville Per P. Molini Librajo dell. Academia. Reale è G. Molini. MDCCLXXIII.
A marriage taking place at a seaport with a man and woman embracing and kissing. A parasol shields the woman, whose winter ermine cloak is held by an attendant.
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- Title: Vignette, Canto IX, Stanza LXXXV, 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: Jean Massard (French, Bellême, Orne 1740–1822 Paris)
- Artist: After Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels)
- Author: Ludovico Ariosto (Italian, Reggio Emilia 1474–1533 Ferrara)
- Date: 1773–74
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 5 1/16 in. (20.6 × 12.9 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed, 1964
- Object Number: 64.542.252
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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