Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533).

After portrait by S. Maffeis.

Ludovico Ariosto: Italian poet remembered for his epic poem Orlando furioso (1516) which is regarded as the finest expression of the literary tendencies and spiritual attitudes of the Italian Renaissance.

Michel 383, Sassone 313, AFA 329

Date of issue: 1932
Face value: 5+2 l.


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