Title

Plate 5 for Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso', 1772. Creators: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Daniel Berger.

Caption

Plate 5 for Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso', 1772. From Almanac Généalogique, 1772. Italian epic poem written by Ludovico Ariosto in the early 16th century. It tells the story of the Christian knight Orlando and his love for the pagan princess Angelica, set against the backdrop of the war between Charlemagne’s Christian paladins and the Saracen army that has invaded Europe

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B05_221

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40,1Mb (3,1Mb) / 9,4in x 16,5in / 2827 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany Europe people male man men riding rider historical German arts country figure figures art book guy continent museum European color giant scene chain mounted text depiction location century gallery knight print literature horseback chains concept exhibition chained exhibit B&W lettering illustrated art gallery United States of America Colour poem poetry black & white black and white B W white and black 18th century Eighteenth Century etched culture American history historic America USA almanac etching ogre illustration united states Daniel Berger Ludovico Ariosto Ariosto Los Angeles County Museum of Art Berger Daniel Orlando Furioso art centre Ludovico Heritage Art Print epic poem Berger Gottfried Daniel Gottfried Daniel Berger Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki Chodowiecki Daniel Nikolaus Daniel Chodowiecki Chodowiecki Daniel Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecke Chodowiecke Daniel Nikolaus LACMA Etching laid down