'Canto Sesto': Argante and Tancred preparing for combat
after Bernardo Castello (1557-1629)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1586 - 1590
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
190 x 139 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.10.45
Summary
(Folio 26, recto, lower right print) 'Canto Sesto': Argante and Tancred preparing for combat. In the center Tancred prepares to meet Argantes in single combat; in the background a fortificated town on the right, and a military camp on the left; bound in Torquato Tasso, 'La Gierusalemme Liberata'
Makers and roles
after Bernardo Castello (1557-1629) , painter Agostino Carracci (Bologna 1557 - Parma 1602), engraver (inciser)