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.
フランソワ・ブーシェ(1703 – 1770)
フランソワ・ブーシェ(1703-1770)はロココ美術の巨匠。神話、肖像画、風景画など優雅で官能的な作品を多数制作し、18世紀フランス美術を代表する画家として知られています。マダム・ド・ポンパドゥールの肖像画も有名。
