RINALDO be was appointed court painter. Works : heads of Ubaldo and his companion. Eu- Bishop Bumet, James II, William Lord graved by P. do Jodo (1644). Same sub- Russell, Waller, National Portrait Gallery ; ject, Bordeaux Museum. Cat. Louvre ; others at Hampton Court. Redgrave ; F. Waagen, Treasures, iv. 511. By Antou van Dyck, Duke of Newcastle, England ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft 8 in. Armida, iu floating red drapery, leans over Rinaldo, who sleeps at the foot of a tree, and envelopes him iu 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 suc- cumbed. A copy, formerly iu collection of de Conches, 61. RINALDO AND ARMIDA, Subject from Tasso's " Gerusalerame liberata" (Jerusalem Delivered). Rinaldo, who has fled from the camp of the Crusaders after slaying Gernan- do, gives himself up to amorous delights iu the gardens of the enchantress Armida. By Agostino Carracci, Naples Museum ; canvas, H. 6 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 9 in. Armida, seated upon a hillock under a tree, arranges her hair with the aid of a mirror which Riualdo, re- clining, holds for her ; at left, Ubaldo and Charles the Danish knight con- cealed in foliage ; in back- ground, left, palace of Ar- mida. From the Farnese Collection. Engraved by Lasinio fils. Museo Bor- bonico, viii. PL 1. By Domenichino, Louvre; canvas, H. 3 ft. 11 in. x 5 ft. 5 in. Annida 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 ; iu background, middle, the palace of Armida. Collection of Louis XIV., who bought it iu 1685. Engraved by Croutelle. Villot, Cat. Louvre ; Musue francais, i.; Landon, Vies, PI. 142 ; Reveil, xi. 733. By Anton van Dyck, Louvre ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 3 in. Rinaldo, disarmed, reclines on the sward with his head on Ar- mida's knees ; at left, cupids play with his A sword ; at right, a cupid holds his hands distance, two warriors near a column to receive fruit from another one in a tree ; ried to Paris ; returned in 1! in foreground, two cupids near an open coffer of jewels ; at left, behind a bush, the Rinaldo and Armida, Domenichino, Louvre. the Due do Tallard (1756), was sold at his sale for 7,000 florins to the King of Prussia. Engraved by F. Ragot ; P. de Baillu. By Nicolas 7'oiissin, Berlin Museum ; can- vas, H. 3 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 9.1 in. Armidn, 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 by Chasteau ; anonymous. Smith, viii. 147. By Nicolas Poussin, Dulwich Gallery ; can- 47
