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Astolfo Rides Away with the Head of Orillo
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The depiction was inspired by Ariosto's epic "Orlando Furioso" (Canto 15, Stanzas 80–84). Böcklin shows the moment when the ducal knight Astolf flees from the monster Orill, whose head he has cut off.
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineAstolf reitet mit dem Haupte Orills davon. um 1873. Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901). Kunstmuseum Basel, Ankauf. Public domain.
