Rinaldo and Armida
Rinaldo and Armida (1734) is an oil on canvas painting by François Boucher. The subject was inspired by the 16th-century epic poem 'Gerusalemme Liberata' (Jerusalem Delivered) by Torquato Tasso (1544-95). Rinaldo and Armida are a pair of lovers in the poem which is an idealized account of the first Crusade which ended with the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 and the establishment of a Christian kingdom. This painting (135.5 x 170.5 cm) is Now in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
François Boucher (1703 – 1770)
Scopri François Boucher (1703-1770), maestro del Rococò! Esplora i suoi dipinti sensuali: scene mitologiche, ritratti e paesaggi idilliaci che definirono l'arte francese del '700.
Informazioni sull'opera
- Titolo: Rinaldo and Armida
- Artista: François Boucher
- Stato del copyright: Di pubblico dominio
- Soggetti: love
