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Daniel Berger
Illustrations for Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso'1772

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Engraving of a chaotic battle scene with a mounted armored knight surrounded by grotesque monsters, a fallen figure in the foreground, fine crosshatched linework on cream paper
Engraving of a battle scene; an armored knight on horseback at center-left strikes multiple opponents with a lance, figures falling and fighting in a dense, dynamic composition; German text caption below in italic script reads 'Roland allein schlägt die Armee des Tyrannen Cimork und befreyet Birenen, Cant. IX.'
Engraving with two registers: above, an armored knight and a nude figure ride a winged, clawed hippogryph through clouds; below, a large sea monster emerges from choppy waves near a rocky shore. German script caption at bottom reads "Roger bezaubert das Ungeheur und entführet die schöne Angelika" with notation "Cant. X."
Engraving of a large sea creature with open jaws facing a small boat; a standing figure inside the creature's mouth holds an anchor upright while a nude figure watches from the shore; German text in Gothic script below reads 'Roland fährt mit Gewalt in den Rachen eines Seethieres und sperrt ihm mit dem Anker das Maul auf. Cant. XI.'
Engraving of an armored knight on horseback confronting a massive hunched giant who bends down toward him; pyramids and trees in the background; German caption reads "Astolph überwindet den Greulichen Riesen," with fine cross-hatched shading throughout.
Engraving of a massive, crouching giant with exaggerated features looming over a group of small figures in animal skins driving goats through a cave entrance, with a caption in German script below reading 'Cant. XVII.'
Engraving depicting three figures on horseback and on foot in a wooded setting: a mounted armored knight at center, an elaborately dressed woman at right wearing a tall feathered headdress, and a bearded soldier in armor at left holding a horse. German script caption below reads 'Marfisa empfielt dem von ihr überwundenen Zerbin ein altes boshaftes Weib. Cant. XX.'
Engraving of a dynamic outdoor scene: a nude male figure stands centrally as an armored soldier is hurled through the air above him; fallen and fleeing armored figures surround the scene amid rocky terrain and trees. German script caption and chapter notation below.
Engraving depicting an armored figure falling from a bridge into churning water, while a rider on horseback with a parasol observes from a raised platform at upper left, with trees and open landscape behind; German script caption reads 'Rodomant emfindet die Stärke des Rolands,' Cant. XXIX below.
Engraving of two figures in an open landscape; a clothed man leans on a staff beside a horse at left, gesturing toward a nude bearded man at right who extends his hand; German script caption below reads 'Roland will sein totes Pferd gegen ein lebendiges vertauschen,' numbered 'Cant. XXX.'
Engraving of armored knights tumbling from a boat onto a shore, with a robed figure holding an umbrella and a horse standing at left; open landscape in background; German text caption below references Canto XXXIX.
Engraving of four figures seated around a table outdoors beneath dense foliage; two wear armor at left, while two others in period dress sit at right with food and vessels on the table. German script caption below reads 'Cant. XVIII.'
Artist or Maker
Daniel Berger
Title
Illustrations for Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso'
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1772
Medium
Etchings, laid down
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 9/16 x 2 in. (9.05 x 5.08 cm) each
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald
Accession Number
54.67.81-.92
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Engelmann, Wilhelm. Daniel Chodowiecki's sämmtliche kupferstiche : Beschrieben, mit historischen, literarischen und bibliographischen nachweisungen, der lebensbeschreibung des künstlers und registern versehen. Berlin: W. Engelmann, 1857.