Arnold Böcklin artwork - Roger Freeing Angelica - Ruggiero and Angelica - 1873
A scene out of the play Orlando Furioso, written by Italian playwright Ludovico Ariosto in 1516. Roger is out riding the coast at Brittany on his hippogriff, a hybrid animal that is half-horse half-eagle. He spots Angelica, nude and tied to rock on the coast, left there by barbarians to be killed by a sea monster. Roger rushes over just as the monster surfaces near Angelica and he saves her in the nick of time. Strangely, Böcklin has not included the sea or a hippogriff in the painting. Our sea monster here looks more like a cowering dog being castigated for stealing food off the table when no one was looking, rather than a fearsome beast - Jen Brown
Size: 2535px × 3200px
Photo credit: © steeve-x-art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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