The Sorcerer Atlante Abducting Pinabello's Lady (Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, canto II, 38)

Nicolas Poussin

ca. 1635–38 · Pen and brown ink; black chalk on verso · Drawings and Prints

Claus Virch was responsible for the identification of the relevant scene from Ariosto's Orlando furioso. On occasion the subject has been mistakenly called Roger Carried Away from Bradamante on the Hippogriff.

Artist

Nicolas Poussin

Date

ca. 1635–38

Medium

Pen and brown ink; black chalk on verso

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971