Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1742–1745
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 186.7 × 259.4 cm (73 1/2 × 102 1/8 in.); Framed: 195 × 270.5 × 9.5 cm (76 3/4 × 106 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- oil on canvas
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
oil paintings (visual works)paintingpaintChicago World's FairscanvaswomanshipsCentury of ProgressSkyoil on canvashelmetsSoldierslovemenoil paint (paint)painting (image making)painting techniquesItaliandecorativelandscapeshieldsmanworld's fairscloudslandscapesrocksweaponsNarrativeoil paintingArmortreeseuropean paintingruinsBaroquetravel18th CenturydecorationNatureBeauty
About
The third scene from Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s four-part suite of decorations, this painting shows the emotional climax of the story. The knight Rinaldo has been persuaded by his companions, Carlo and Ubaldo, to renounce the love of the sorceress Armida. Bareheaded and pensive, Rinaldo has taken up his shield again and appears to hesitate as the older knights gesture toward the boat that will carry them back to the crusader army and Armida implores him to stay.
