Rinaldo and Armida. 2nd half of the 17th century.... Lot 1362

Rinaldo and Armida. 2nd half of the 17th century. Pen and brown ink over pencil on laid paper (with unidentifiable WZ with star). 13 x 26.5 cm. Titled "Rinaldo Armida" and inscribed "Navaretta inv." verso. - The lateral margins slightly irregularly trimmed, right with a marginal tear (approx. 1.5 cm). Few faint brown stains in places. Verso with traces of former mounting. Good overall. Lovely scene with sketchy and illustrative character. Early art - Drawings Rinaldo and Armida. 2nd half of the 17th century. Pen and brown ink over pencil on laid paper (with unidentifiable WZ with star). 13 x 26.5 cm. Titled "Rinaldo Armida" and inscribed "Navaretta inv." verso. - The lateral margins slightly irregularly trimmed, right with a marginal tear (approx. 1.5 cm). Few faint brown stains in places. Verso with traces of former mounting. Good overall. Lovely scene with a sketchy and illustrative character. The titled lovers are based on the literary model of Torquato Tasso's epic of the same name from 1581. The story takes place at the time of the crusaders who wanted to conquer Jerusalem and interweaves the crusades with the love story of the magician Armida and the crusader Rinaldo. Our scene illustrates the episode in which the beautiful magician falls in love with Rinaldo. Without further ado, she casts a spell on the knight and abducts him to her enchanted forest. There, Armida tries to bewitch Rinaldo and the two are overheard by his two friends Carlo and Ubaldo, who want to bring the warrior back into battle. In the end, Rinaldo is freed from the love magic and the spell on the enchanted forest is lifted. This enables Rinaldo to provide the crusader army with urgently needed wood from the forest, which is used to conquer Jerusalem. Tasso's epic has been the subject of numerous controversies in both music and the visual arts. Ink in brown over pencil on laid paper. Titled and inscribed on the verso. - The side margins hardly irregularly cut, on the right with a marginal tear. A few faint brown stains in places. On the verso with traces of former mounting. Good overall. Lovely scene with a sketchy and illustrative character. - The titled lovers are based on the literary model of Torquato Tasso's epic of the same name from 1581. The story is set at the time of the crusaders who want to conquer Jerusalem and interweaves the crusades with the love story of the magician Armida and the crusader Rinaldo. Our scene illustrates the episode in which the beautiful magician falls in love with Rinaldo. Without further ado, she casts a spell on the knight and abducts him to her enchanted forest. There, Armida tries to bewitch Rinaldo and the two are overheard by his two friends Carlo and Ubaldo, who want to bring the warrior back into battle. In the end, Rinaldo is freed from the love magic and the spell on the enchanted forest is lifted. This enables Rinaldo to provide the crusader army with urgently needed wood from the forest, which is used to conquer Jerusalem. Tasso's epic has been the subject of much controversy in both music and the visual arts.