'Canto Decimosesto': Rinaldo in the arms of Armida (the illicit love between the enchantress Armida and the Christian knight Rinaldo).
after Bernardo Castello (1557-1629)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1586 - 1590
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
185 x 134 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.10.56
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1871-0812-314
Summary
(Folio 29, lower print) 'Canto Decimosesto': Rinaldo in the arms of Armida (the illicit love between the enchantress Armida and the Christian knight Rinaldo). Two soldiers kneeling in the right foreground, covered by trees; in the middle ground Rinaldo is sitting nex to Armida who is holding a mirror on her left hand;
Makers and roles
after Bernardo Castello (1557-1629) , painter Agostino Carracci (Bologna 1557 - Parma 1602), engraver (inciser)