Gustave Doré (1832–1883), A Knight on the Hippogriff (Frontispiece) (c 1878), engraving, dimensions and location not known. With the two paladins duelling for Angelica, Charlemagne puts her in the care of Duke Namo of Bavaria, while offering her hand to the paladin who fights best for his cause against the Saracens. In response, Rinaldo returns in haste to help defend France chasing him is Angelica who is still in love with him, and following her is Orlando who is in love with her. The Saracen king Agramante has invaded France in order to avenge Orlando killing his father Troiano. Rinaldo then tries to persuade Orlando to return with him to fight for Charlemagne. She is besieged by another admirer, and Orlando frees her. When he is killed by Ferraù, she flees, with Orlando and Rinaldo in hot pursuit.Īngelica falls in love with Rinaldo, but he hates her. In that earlier epic, Angelica, beautiful daughter of the king of Cathay, attends a tournament at Charlemagne’s court, where she offers herself as the prize for anyone who can defeat her brother Argalia. Ariosto continues the story of Orlando Furioso from the end of Matteo Maria Boiardo’s Orlando in Love, but it stands alone.
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