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Artist
Girolamo da Carpi, attributed to
(1501 - 1557)
Also known as Girolamo Sellari
Italian High Renaissance painter
Title
Ruggiero Saving Angelica
Dimensions
42.9 x 34.3 cm
Medium
tempera on wood
Location
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
Image size
400 x 490 pixels
File size
57.69 KB
Full size image
(580 x 710 pixels, 107.91 KB)
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This is a depiction of Ruggiero flying in on a hippogriff to rescue Angelica from a sea monster, a scene from the story Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.
The theme of rescuing the maiden from the dragon in this story and others similar to it have inspired hundreds of artists over hundreds of years to recreate their own version of this scene.
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