Saturday, March 14, 2009

Illustration Friday : Legendary





The legend of Angelique (Angelica) saved by Roger (Ruggiero) is found in the 1516 adventure poem Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. (He was Italian, as evidenced by all the o’s).

Pencil sketch from a model by Antione-Louis Barye, at la Musée des Beaux Arts in Strasbourg.

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