# Angelica and Medoro

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PETERZANO, Simone](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/peterzano-simone-rb8fc8cdf2841e9>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 155 x 194 cm

## Commentary

The scene described in this painting was inspired by Ariosto&#39;s Orlando Furioso \(Canto 19, 20-36\), an epic poem published in 1516 and an inexhaustible source of subjects for painting. Here the figures of Angelica and Medoro are presented as a treatment of the Pietà in &#39;chivalric&#39; mode, This painting is an early example in the artist&#39;s career of a synthesis between his Venetian experience and the impact of Lombard realism.

## Related artworks

- [Entombment](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/peterzano-simone-rb8fc8cdf2841e9/entombment-r8cd8df5b076112>)
- [Head of an Old Bearded Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/peterzano-simone-rb8fc8cdf2841e9/head-of-an-old-bearded-man-rc2a4ecbe224cb5>)
- [Peapods and Cherries](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/peterzano-simone-rb8fc8cdf2841e9/peapods-and-cherries-r68be0c44b79cac>)
- [Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/peterzano-simone-rb8fc8cdf2841e9/self-portrait-re96086a9d4828f>)
- [Still-Life of Figs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/peterzano-simone-rb8fc8cdf2841e9/still-life-of-figs-r5cf28d335442f5>)
- [Still-Life of Squash, Lilies, Peaches, and Pears](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/peterzano-simone-rb8fc8cdf2841e9/still-life-of-squash-lilies-peaches-and-pears-rab1c2b82f9ec7f>)
- [Study of a Half-Length Figure](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/peterzano-simone-rb8fc8cdf2841e9/study-of-a-half-length-figure-rbae00b6e9a9f4d>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)