Daniel Chodowiecki’s illustrations to Ariosto’s Orlando furioso.
In the spring of 1787, shortly before the birth of her second child, Caroline writes to Lotte Michaelis about her reading material:
“I who never read Ariosto with even the slightest emotion — as such is probably not possible in any case in translation; and instead skated smoothly over the grand array of heart- and lance-breaking adventures, and now, with my highly strung imagination, I saw every giant and dragon, and heard them hissing, and could weep over the beautiful woman who offered her neck up to the sword, a neck she thought invulnerable.”
(Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 12 Blätter zu Ariosto’s rasender Roland, Almanac Généalogique pour l’an 1772; Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum; Museums./Signatur DChodowiecki AB 3.62; AB 3.67; i AB 3.69.)
Daniel Chodowiecki’s illustrations to Ariosto’s Orlando furioso.
Daniel Chodowiecki’s illustrations to Ariosto’s Orlando furioso.
Daniel Chodowiecki’s illustrations to Ariosto’s Orlando furioso.