Melissa brings out Ruggiero and Alcina - Fragonard
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Date :
Entre 1780 et 1785
Type of image :
Dessin à la pierre noire
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Storage Location :
inv. 880-7
Description
The magician Mélisse makes Roger and Alcine appear (Roland furieux, VII, 40-41).
Desiring ardently the union of Ruggiero and Bradamante, the magician Melissa - whom Fragonard depicts scrupulously following Ariosto, half-naked, barefoot and hair down, imperiously leaning on her wand - conjures up Rouggiero and Alcina, who embrace. Their embrace contrasts with the strange, disquieting world of the magician : snakes, sphinxes and monsters of all kinds.
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Technical Data
Notice #001096
Past ID :
A0415
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