Jerusalem Delivered
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Jerusalem Delivered, also known as The Liberation of Jerusalem, is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso, first published in 1581, that tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade
Armida Discovers the Sleeping Rinaldo by Nicolas Poussin (1629). Cupid restrains her from stabbing her enemy.
Rinaldo and Armida in her garden, by François Boucher
Clorinda attacks Tancredi, one of a series by Paolo Domenico Finoglia
Erminia discovers the wounded Tancred, by Guercino (1619).
Torquato Tasso
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Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1581 poem Gerusalemme liberata, in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at
Jerusalem Delivered
…Delivered, also known as The Liberation of Jerusalem (Italian: La Gerusalemme liberata ; lit. 'The freed Jerusalem'), is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso, first published in 1581, that tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade in which Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle…
Portrait of Torquato Tasso, aged 22, by Jacopo Bassano
Portrait of Torquato Tasso, 1590s
Castello degli Estensi, Ferrara
Alfonso II d'Este, portrait by Girolamo da Carpi