• Giovanni Folo

  1764-1836

Angelica and Medoro

• Production Date

  No earlier than 1786

• Type of Work / Object

  Graphic Art > Copper Engraving

• Location

  • Not on display

• Inventory Number

  E527

• Catalogue Number

  E527

• Catalogue Level / Collection

  Thorvaldsen's Collections > Collection of Prints (E)

Explanation

• Orlando sought to find the Asian princess Angelica, who was at the court of the Roman emperor Charles the Great (742-814). Orlando became mad with fury when he realised that she was Medoro’s lover. Angelica and Medoro fled to China. This is the tale told by Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533) in his epic narrative poem about the furious Roland, Orlando Furioso, 1516.

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