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Description: | This painting may be part of a series, probably by an Italian artist; certainly, it appears to be part of a wider narrative. A lone knight on a black horse seems to have intercepted, and challenged, a knight on a white horse, whose entourage hangs back to watch the fight. The knights have clearly met on a path. The narrative may illustrate an ancient epic, such as the French Song of Roland, an anonymous medieval work; alternatively, if the painting is post 1540, it could be inspired by Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. If the knights date from after 1580, Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata may be the source of the scene depicted. | Subjects: | literature (unidentified) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Italian School Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8391... | Go to resource |
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