Angelica and Medoro (c. 1570): Art, History and Details

Angelica and Medoro (c. 1570) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582); Teodoro Ghisi (Italian, 1536–1601).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This scene stems from Ludovico Ariosto’s (1474–1533) 16th-century best-seller Orlando Furioso, an epic poem in which Princess Angelica falls in love with Medoro, a soldier she nurses back to health. They are shown here declaring their union by carving their names “on every stone or shady tree.” Like the poet Ariosto, who updated a medieval chivalric story with classical themes, Teodoro and his brother, Giorgio, portrayed the lovers in the popular antique style.

Object facts

• Title: Angelica and Medoro
• Date: c. 1570
• Creator attribution: Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582); Teodoro Ghisi (Italian, 1536–1601)
• Culture: Italy
• Type: Print
• Technique: engraving
• Dimensions: Sheet: 29.6 x 20.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
• Collection: PR - Engraving
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1944.20

Collection credit

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

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