'Canto Decimo': Soldiers recounting their liberation from Armida by Rinaldo.
after Bernardo Castello (1557-1629)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1586 - 1590
Materials
Ink on paper
Measurements
187 x 137 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.10.52
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1871-0812-308
Summary
(Folio 28, recto, lower left print) 'Canto Decimo': Soldiers recounting their liberation from Armida by Rinaldo. The knights who had followed the enchantress Armida return to Godfrey, sitting on his trone on the left, with an account of their liberation from captivity by Rinaldo. In the center, Peter the Hermit is foretells Rinaldo's future glory. Landscape with a fortificated town in the background;
Makers and roles
after Bernardo Castello (1557-1629) , painter Agostino Carracci (Bologna 1557 - Parma 1602), engraver (inciser)