Astolphe Brings Back the Head of Orrile, for Canto XV of Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso"
c. 1785
Artists
Dimensions
irregular: 45.2 x 29.1 cm (17 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach, Philadelphia; sale, New York, Sotheby's, 12 January 1994, lot 65, sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario (on long-term loan to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994-2000), sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000, inv. no. 2000.89
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