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
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1570
creation date earliest:		1565
creation date latest:		1575
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
find spot:	
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
edition of the work: 	

support materials:

	description:	cream(2) laid paper
	watermarks:	

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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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Italian Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1968-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Italian Prints and Drawings</i>. 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
	<i>Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions</i>. 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
	<i>Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620</i>. 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
	<i>Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art</i>. 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 <em>Orlando Furioso</em>, 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

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.20/1944.20_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.20/1944.20_full.tif