Thursday, February 15, 2024

Mihael Stroy
(1803 - 1871)

Michael Stroy (Mihael Stroj) was an Austro-Hungarian painter of Slovenian origin. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stroy

Angelika und Medor,  (Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto)
1833
Oil on Canvas
53 x 69 cm
Private collection

Angelica and Medoro are two characters from the 16th-century Italian epic Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. Angelica was an Asian princess at the court of Charlemagne who fell in love with the Saracen knight Medoro, and eloped with him to China. 

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