Ruggiero (character)
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Ruggiero is a leading character in the Italian romantic epics Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. Ruggiero had originally appeared in the twelfth-centur
Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Bradamante
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Bradamante is a fictional knight heroine in two epic poems of the Renaissance: Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. Since the poems exerted a wide influe
Ruggiero (character)
…Marfisa is Ruggiero's twin sister). Ruggiero is the subject of two possible prophecies. His first possible fate is to convert to Christianity, marry Bradamante and sire a line of heroes that lead to the noble house of Este in Italy, but will be betrayed and killed soon after his marriage. His second possible…
Bradamante valorosa (1597) by Antonio Tempesta
Bradamante at Merlin's Tomb by Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard
Bradamante and Fiordispina (1632–1635) by Guido Reni