Possibly an Illustration for Orlando Furioso (Melissa a Magician Shows Bradamante Future Heroes of the House of Este)
17th century
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite pencil, on cream antique laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 42.6 x 35.5 cm (16 3/4 x 14 in. )
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number15.1277
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDrawings
Collections
ProvenancePossibly with Parsons & Sons, London (late 19th–early 20th century, the last proprietor, Frederick John Parsons, died in 1935) [Lugt 2881]; Private collection; 1915, purchased through Mr. Walter Gay by the MFA. (Accession Date: December 2, 1915)
Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
Unidentified artist, Netherlandish (?), 17th century
17th century