Astolfo Riding Away with the Head of Orill (1873) painted by the 19th Century Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin. It depicts the defeat of the robber Orill by Astolfo from the french works Matter of France (also known as the Carolingian Cycle) which deals with legends from the Charlemagne era of French history.

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