Canto Decimonono': Erminia nursing Tancred's wounds.
after Bernardo Castello (1557-1629)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1586 - 1590
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
186 x 138 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.10.50
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1871-0812-317
Summary
(Folio 28, recto, upper left print) Canto Decimonono': Erminia nursing Tancred's wounds. In the left foreground, Erminia healing the wounded Tancred, helped by Vafrino; behind them the Egyptian Argante killed by Tancred in single combat. In the background soldiers are attacking a fortificated town;
Makers and roles
after Bernardo Castello (1557-1629) , painter Agostino Carracci (Bologna 1557 - Parma 1602), engraver (inciser)