Armida discovering the sleeping Rinaldo
Maker
After
1594-1665
(engraver)
1640-1703
1594-1665
(engraver)
1640-1703
Title
Armida discovering the sleeping Rinaldo
Dimensions
Height: 45.5 cm
Width: 54.6 cm
Width: 54.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1939.AB.76
Mode of Acquisition
Warburg Institute, London, transfer, 1939
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Provenance
Léon Coutil, Les Andelys (1856-1943); acquired by Anthony Blunt for the Warburg Institute, 1938; transferred to The Courtauld Institute, 1939.
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left: “N. Poussin pinxit”; lower right: “Gravé par Audran. A Paris ruë st. Iacques aux 2 Pilliers d’or. Avec Privilege.”; lower left: “Armide cherchant a se vanger de Regnault qui luy avoit enlevé ses prisonniers, le trouve endormu dans une Isle deserte, elle veut luy donner d’un poignard dans le sein, mais la beauté de ce jeune guerrier l’arreste, et change tout a coup sa baine qui paroißoit implacable, en cet amour qui est si bien decrit par le Tasse et qui fait un des plus beaux ornemens de son Poeme.”; lower right: “C’est le 15. Et 15e. Chant.”; lower left, handwritten on the mount: “S8[?]”;lower left, handwritten on the mount: “A.412”.
Inscription: Verso: lower center, handwritten on the mount: “746/16(13A)”.
Inscription: Verso: lower center, handwritten on the mount: “746/16(13A)”.
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