ANGELICA-E-MEDORA
| Title | ANGELICA-E-MEDORA |
| Museum Name | Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad |
| Gallery Name | Not Available |
| Object Type | European Paintings |
| Main Material | Oil on Canvas |
| Main Artist | MATTEINI |
| Artist's Nationality | ITALY |
| Artist's Life Date / Bio Data | 1754-1831 |
| Country | ITALY |
| Provenance | ITALY |
| Origin Place | ITALY |
| School | ITALIAN |
| Period / Year of Work | 18TH CENTURY AD (1794) |
| Dimensions | 241.2 L X 286.2 W , 205.5 L X 250.2 W (ONLY PAINTING) |
| Detailed Description | Matteini's work "Angelica-E-Medora", a huge canvas shows Angelica, a coquetish character from Ariosto's drama "Orlando Furioso" flirting with one of her lovers, Medora. |
| Brief Description | Angelica-e-Medoro; painting represents two semi nude lovers Angelica and Medoro carving the names of each other on rock and tree respectively,before painting.By Matteini (1754- 1834). Angelica and Medoro are two characters from the 16th- century Italian epic Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. Angelica was an Asian princess at the court of Charlemagne who fell in love with the Saracen knight Medoro, and eloped with him to China. |