18TH-CENTURY FLEMISH PAINTER

18TH-CENTURY FLEMISH PAINTER AFTER NICOLAS POUSSIN (1594–1665) ARMIDA KIDNAPS THE SLEEPING RINALDO Oil on parquet-paneled wood, 65 x 50 cm. Carved and gilded wooden frame, 18th century. The painting depicts the famous episode from Torquato Tasso’s *Jerusalem Delivered* in which the sorceress Armida, captivated by the beauty of the sleeping Rinaldo, refrains from killing him and decides to take him with her. The composition is based on the famous painting by Nicolas Poussin, *Armida Abducts

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H 65 × B 50 cm