id: 123630
accession number: 1944.20
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.20
updated: 2023-03-24 11:13:11.081000
Angelica and Medoro, c. 1570. Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582), after Teodoro Ghisi (Italian, 1536–1601). Engraving; sheet: 29.6 x 20.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1944.20
title: Angelica and Medoro
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creation date: c. 1570
creation date earliest: 1565
creation date latest: 1575
current location:
creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture: Italy, 16th century
technique: engraving
department: Prints
collection: PR - Engraving
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Lewis&Boorsch 43
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CREATORS
* Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582) - artist
* Teodoro Ghisi (Italian, 1536–1601) - designer
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measurements: Sheet: 29.6 x 20.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
state of the work: i/iv
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description: cream(2) laid paper
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inscriptions:
inscription: upper left, in plate: ANGELICA / MED ; upper center, in plate: ANGELICA / MEDORO ; lower left, in plate: GMF [in monogram] ; lower right, on tablet, in plate: TEODORO / GHISI IN. ; VERSO, upper left, in graphite: cd / Feb 5 / 1874 / [Goupil?] ; lower left, in graphite: 19.69 / [hf-?] ; lower left, in graphite: c10746 [underlined]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Italian Prints and Drawings
opening date: 1968-01-30T05:00:00
Italian Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-February 25, 1968).
title: Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions
opening date: 1980-10-21T04:00:00
Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 1980-February 15, 1981).
title: Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
opening date: 1997-08-03T00:00:00
Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
title: Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
opening date: 2017-08-26T04:00:00
Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 26-December 31, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 117): February 7, 2013 - June 3, 2013.
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PROVENANCE
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wall description:
This scene stems from Ludovico Ariosto’s (1474–1533) 16th-century best-seller Orlando Furioso, an epic poem in which Princess Angelica falls in love with Medoro, a soldier she nurses back to health. They are shown here declaring their union by carving their names “on every stone or shady tree.” Like the poet Ariosto, who updated a medieval chivalric story with classical themes, Teodoro and his brother, Giorgio, portrayed the lovers in the popular antique style.
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.20/1944.20_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.20/1944.20_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.20/1944.20_full.tif