Angelica and Medoro

, Angelica and Medoro with the Shepherds, 1757 , after Alessandro Tiarini, c.1750 Angelica and Medoro are on different sides in the war, and their first encounter is when Angelica comes across the wounded Medoro. He has been wounded in a skirmish with Scottish knights, in which his two friends Cloridano and Dardinello were killed. They may be shown lying dead. In the poem Ariosto describes how Cupid, annoyed with Angelica's disdain for love, waits beside Medoro for Angelica with an arrow fitted in his bow. He may be shown firing this at her. Angelica takes Medoro off to a shepherd's hut, and nurses him there, falling in love with him in the process. When he is fully recovered they depart. The Villa Valmarana Tiepolo cycle (1757) shows both scenes. The most popular scene in art is of the lovers carving their names into a tree in a sylvan setting; most often Angelica is shown doing the carving. It is when the hero Orlando, who is in love with Angelica, finds the names that he becomes furioso or mad. ==Incomplete list of artists depicting Angelica and Medoro==

• Andrea Casali Angelica and Medoro, 1750 • Nicolas-Sébastien Adam, Angélique et Médor, 1753 • François Boucher, Angelica and Medoro, 1763 • Ludovico Carracci, Angelica and Medoro, two heads • Eugène Delacroix, Angelica and the wounded Medoro, 1860 • Angelica Kauffman, The Loves of Angelica and Medoro • Laurent de La Hyre, Angelica and Medoro, 1641 • Teodoro Matteini, after a design by Raphael Sanzio Morghen • Marcantonio Raimondi, Angelica e Medoro, after Giulio Romano • Joshua Reynolds, Angelica and Medoro • Bonifazio Veronese, Angelica e Medoro • Benjamin West, Angelica and Medoro, 1763–1764 • John Wootton, Landscape with Angela and Medoro, in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter • Michael Stroy, Angelika und Medor (1833), a scene from the epic Orlando Furioso Gallery File:Jacques Blanchard 1630 Angelica and Medoro.jpg|Jacques Blanchard, Angelica and Medoro, 1630 File:Ricci Medoro and Angelica.jpg|Sebastiano Ricci, Medoro and Angelica, 1720 Bemberg Fondation Toulouse - Angélique et Médor par Andrea Casali - Inv 1070.jpg|Andrea Casali, 1750 Angelica and Medoro File:Berthon Partenza di Angelica e Medoro.jpg|René Théodore Berthon, Departure of Angelica and Medoro, 1810 Angelica nurses the wounded Medoro File:Peterzano - Angelica and Medoro.jpg|Simone Peterzano, Angelica and Medoro, before 1596 File:Giovanni Lanfranco - Angélica e Medoro.jpg|Lanfranco, Angelica and Medoro, 1633–1634 File:Giovanni Lanfranco Angelica pflegt Medoro.jpg|Giovanni Lanfranco, Angelica nurses Medoro, before 1647 File:Angelica und Medoro (18Jh).jpg|Angelica and Medoro, 18th century (artist unknown) ==List of authors writing about Angelica and Medoro==

, ''Angelica Carving Medoro's Name on a Tree'', 1757. • Francisco de Aldana (1537–1578), Medoror y Angélica, describing their adventures after the end of the Orlando Furioso • Luis Barahona de Soto, Primera parte de la Angélica (1586), also describing the adventures after the ending of the Furioso • Lope de Vega, La hermosura de Angélica (1602) • Luis de Góngora, En un pastoral albergue, 1602, depicting the honeymoon of Angelica and Medoro • José de Cañizares, Angélica y Medoro, 1722 ==List of composers writing about Angelica and Medoro==

===Libretto by Andrea Salvadori=== • Jacopo Peri and Marco da Gagliano, Lo sposalizio di Medoro e Angelica, 1619 ===Libretto by Metastasio=== • Nicola Antonio Porpora, Angelica e Medoro (Porpora), 1720, which marked the debut of Farinelli • Giovanni Battista Mele, Angelica e Medoro, 1747 ===Libretto by Leopoldo de Villati=== • Carl Heinrich Graun, Angelica e Medoro (3 acts, 1749) ===Libretto by Carlo Vedova=== • Giovanni Battista Lampugnani, Angelica e Medoro, 1738 • Giovanni Battista Pescetti, Angelica e Medoro, 1739 ===Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte=== • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Così fan tutte, 1790; in an aria cut by Mozart from the opera but frequently performed in concert, Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, the character Guglielmo lists Orlando and Medoro as suitors whose passions pale beside his own. ===Libretto by Gaetano Sertor=== • Gaetano Andreozzi, Angelica e Medoro, 1791 Other • Vito Giuseppe Milicco and Domenico Cimarosa, Angelica e Medoro, 1783, a cantate ==Notes==