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Date : between 1819 and 1839
Sizes : 40 cm x 48 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Purchase (1918)
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French Painting
Painting
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France
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The hero, Ruggiero, mounted on a hippogriff (a mythological animal which was half horse and half griffin), saves the captive Angelica from a sea monster. The subject comes from the 16th-century epic poem, "Orlando Furioso", by Ariosto.
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