# Norandino and Lucina Discovered by the Ogre [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LANFRANCO, Giovanni]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary Norandino and Lucina Discovered by the Ogre c. 1624 Oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome Lanfranco's large painting was commissioned by Cardinal Scipione for his villa at Frascati, at the time when the artist was working on The Council of the Gods in the loggia of the Villa Borghese \(1624\). It depicts an episode from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso \(XII, 23 ff.\), in which Norandino, King of Damascus and his bride Lucina are shipwrecked on the Ogre's island while on their honeymoon. They attempt to escape from the cave, but Lucina is discovered. Lanfranco's figures move theatrically and are rendered with rapid brushstrokes. The dense colour of the classical landscape make Lanfranco far removed from the delicate glazing of his rival Domenichino. ## Related artworks - [Angelica and Medoro]() - [Christ Ascending]() - [Christ Served by Angels]() - [Coronation of the Virgin with St Augustine and St William of Aquitaine]() - [Crossing cupola paintings]() - [Crucifixion \(detail\)]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Cupola vault \(detail\)]() - [Cupola vault]() - [Design for vault frescoes]() - [Ecstasy of St Margaret of Cortona]() - [Hagar in the Wilderness]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()