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Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45

A sorceress descends upon a sleeping knight in a wide, airy sky, painted with luminous colour and thick, creamy brushwork.

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Size: 60 × 50 cm
Frame: No frame

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Edges: Mirrored

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About this artwork

Here the sorceress Armida comes upon the knight Rinaldo as he sleeps and resolves to carry him off in her chariot, borne by clouds. The tale comes from Torquato Tasso's 1581 poem Gerusalemme liberata, set during the First Crusade. When Rinaldo wakes, he falls for Armida and forgets his mission in Jerusalem. Tiepolo gives the scene a vast, open sky and landscape, with figures, draperies, clouds and trees carefully arranged to bring it to life. Although Tasso's story sets love against duty, Tiepolo's magical world, with its fresh colours and dense, creamy oil paint, seems to dwell on love's enchantment. The painting probably hung in a large hall of the Palazzo Corner in Venice, alongside others from the same story.

On your wall: Its airy sky and luminous colours would lift a drawing room, dining room or entrance hall, especially where classic furnishings call for a painting with movement and a sense of story.

Title
Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo
Artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Year
c. 1742–45
Style
Classic masters
Shape
Landscape

Public domain. Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Text based on Art Institute of Chicago (CC BY 4.0).

Giovanni Battista TiepoloClassic masters
About Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, also called Giambattista, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice. He worked in the Rococo style and is regarded as an important figure of the eighteenth-century Venetian school. A prolific artist, he painted not only in Italy but also in Germany and Spain.

Based on Wikipedia.

Canvas and printing

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