Description
Johannes Brahms's cantata recounts Rinaldo's temptation by the sorceress Armida, who holds him under her spell. In Henri Fantin-Latour's visual interpretation, Rinaldo leaves Armida to rejoin his troops while sea nymphs frolic in the water to the right.
Accession Number
44022
Medium
Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 41.1 × 50.1 cm (16 3/16 × 19 3/4 in.); Sheet: 54.1 × 66.8 cm (21 5/16 × 26 5/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Credit Line
The Charles Deering Collection
