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Vignette, Volume II, Canto XXIII, Page 405, from Orlando furioso di Ludovico Ariosto. Birmingham d'a Torchj. di G. Baskerville Per P. Molini Librajo dell. Academia. Reale è G. Molini. MDCCLXXIII.

Author Ludovico Ariosto Italian
1773–74
Not on view
Orlando depicted nude, trying to uproot trees.

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  • Title: Vignette, Volume II, Canto XXIII, Page 405, 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-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)
  • Date: 1773–74
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; second state of six (Bocher)
  • 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: 64.542.228
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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