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"I sing of gallantry, battles, knights, ladies..." (Orlando furioso, c1, Mallet, 1844)

Description

Chant I is a tale of flight: Angélique escapes all her pursuers. The engraving therefore probably does not represent a particular episode, but the general spirit of the poem, given by Ariosto from the very first lines.

History :
  1. Signed below the engraving on the left "V. CORBAY", right "HB".
Textual Sources :
ROLFUR01 : Roland furieux, chant 1

Technical Data

Notice #025739

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Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Bibliothèque numérique Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France (https://gallica.bnf.fr)