La vergogna di Rinaldo davanti allo scudo magico (c.1740-1746)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770)

La vergogna di Rinaldo davanti allo scudo magico (Rinaldo turning in Shame from the Magic Shield)
c.17401746
Oil on canvas, 161.3 × 53.5 cm
National GalleryLondon

This is one of four paintings that once decorated a room in the Palazzo Cornaro on the Campo San Polo, Venice. The figures are inspired by Torquato Tasso’s Jerusalem Delivered.

The other paintings in the series:

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770)
Adrasto assiso ai piedi d’Armida
c.17401746
National GalleryLondon

 

 

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770)
Il mago d’Ascalona
c.17401746
National GalleryLondon

 

 

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770)
Tisaferno e Vafrino
c.17401746
National GalleryLondon

 

 

See also:

• Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595)