book of prints;
print
- Museum number
- 1866,1110.1480-1489
- Description
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'Paesaggi in Tavola, giudicati di Claudio Gelée con il testo di Giuseppe Antonio Guattani' (Rome, Filippo & Nicola de Romanis) 1826; containing 10 aquatints by Caracciolo after Claude Lorrain showing characters from Tasso's 'Jerusalem Delivered', focusing on Armida, each plate facing an accompanying text by Guattani, the plates titled: 'Lotta in un Parco di Londra', 'Erminia che dorme', 'Erminia ed il Pastore', 'Erminia alla Capanna', 'Si disegna il viaggio di Carlo, e di Ubaldo', 'Carlo, Ubaldo, ed il Mago', 'Ancelle di Armida con offerte', 'Armida con ancelle danzanti', 'Armida lascia per momenti Rinaldo', and 'Liberazione di Rinaldo'. Bound with title-page at the BM bindery, in green leather, gold lettering on spine, marbled endpapers.
Aquatint and etching
- Production date
- 1826
- Dimensions
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Height: 458 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
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Width: 325 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Ths plates of this series are illustrations to Tasso's 'Jerusalem Delivered' showing Armida, Rinaldo, Carlos and Ubaldo.
Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Paesaggi in Tavola
- Acquisition date
- 1866
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1866,1110.1480-1489
