'Canto Duodecimo': Clorida dying in the arms of Tancred.
after Bernardo Castello (1557-1629)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1586 - 1590
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
187 x 140 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.10.48
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1871-0812-310
Summary
(Folio 27, recto, lower left print) 'Canto Duodecimo': Clorida dying in the arms of Tancred. Tancred is kneeling on the right, baptizing Clorinda before her death. In the left middle ground a tower destroyed by a fire, and a fortificated town in the background;
Makers and roles
after Bernardo Castello (1557-1629) , painter Agostino Carracci (Bologna 1557 - Parma 1602), engraver (inciser)