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he was appointed court painter. Works: Bishop Burnet, James II., William Lord Russell, Waller, National Portrait Gallery; others at Hampton Court.—Redgrave; F. de Conches, 61.


RINALDO AND ARMIDA. Subject from Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata" (Jerusalem Delivered). Rinaldo, who has fled from the camp of the Crusaders after slaying Gernando, gives himself up to amorous delights in the gardens of the enchantress Armida.

By Agostino Carracci, Naples Museum; canvas, H. 6 ft. 4 in. × 7 ft. 9 in. Armida, seated upon a hillock under a tree, arranges her hair with the aid of a mirror which Rinaldo, reclining, holds for her; at left, Ubaldo and Charles the Danish knight concealed in foliage; in background, left, palace of Armida. From the Farnese Collection. Engraved by Lasinio fils.—Museo Borbonico, viii. Pl. 1.

By Domenichino, Louvre; canvas, H. 3 ft. 11 in. × 5 ft. 5 in. Armida and Rinaldo in nearly same position as above; a cupid, in the air, aims an arrow at Armida, while two others embrace, a fourth lies asleep, and a fifth sits on the bank near Armida; at left, Ubaldo and Charles the Danish knight; in background, middle, the palace of Armida. Collection of Louis XIV., who bought it in 1685. Engraved by Croutelle.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Musée français, i.; Landon, Vies, Pl. 142; Réveil, xi. 733.

By Anton van Dyck, Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. 4 in. × 3 ft. 3 in. Rinaldo, disarmed, reclines on the sward with his head on Armida's knees; at left, cupids play with his sword; at right, a cupid holds his hands to receive fruit from another one in a tree; in foreground, two cupids near an open coffer of jewels; at left, behind a bush, the heads of Ubaldo and his companion. Engraved by P. de Jode (1644). Same subject, Bordeaux Museum.—Cat. Louvre; Waagen, Treasures, iv. 511.

By Anton van Dyck, Duke of Newcastle, England; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. × 5 ft. 8 in. Armida, in floating red drapery, leans over Rinaldo, who sleeps at the foot of a tree, and envelopes him in garlands of flowers which cupids bring to her; above, other cupids flying; at left, a siren, her head and bust out of the water, sings to prolong the enchantment to which the hero has succumbed. A copy, formerly in collection of the Duc de Tallard (1756), was sold at his sale for 7,000 florins to the King of Prussia. Engraved by F. Ragot; P. de Baillu.

Rinaldo and Armida, Domenichino, Louvre.

By Nicolas Poussin, Berlin Museum; canvas, H. 3 ft. 10 in. × 4 ft. 9-1/2 in. Armida, clothed in a yellow mantle, bearing away the sleeping Rinaldo. She supports his head, four cupids bear up his body and legs, and a fifth flies in advance towards a river. On the opposite side an aged man, personifying a river, and two nymphs; at a distance, two warriors near a column. Carried to Paris; returned in 1815. Engraved by Chasteau; anonymous.—Smith, viii. 147.

By Nicolas Poussin, Dulwich Gallery; can-

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