1630 / 1650, Paris
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1630 / 1650, Paris
- Identifier
- 1970.316
- Transfer of custody
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Acquisition
- Gift of the Estate of Mrs. A. Exton, 1970
- Collection
- Material
- Technique
- Embroidery 98%
- Embroidery 99%
- Embroidery 99%
- Embroidery 94%
- Embroidery 74%
- Depiction
- Floral motif 46%
- Floral motif 50%
- Vegetal motif 47%
- Floral motif 46%
- Dimension
- 302.3 cm (height)388.6 cm (width)
- Production time
- Production place
- Type of object
Description
From a set illustrating Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso. The fight between Zerbino, a Christian knight, and Manricardo, King of Tartary, is about to be stopped by the latter’s lady love, Doralice. On the right, Fiordiligi holds Orlando’s horse, Brigliadoro.
