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Bernardo Castello, artist
Italian, 1557 - 1629
Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo,illustration from Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata, 1617
Engraving
27.6 x 18.6 cm (image)
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection 1987.1.155

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publisher, Giuseppe Pavoni

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Artist Biography: Painter, miniaturist and engraver, born in Genoa in 1557, died there in 1629. Student of Cambiaso and A. Semini. Employed by Tasso to illustrate Gerusalemme Illustrata, engraved in part by Agostino Carracci. See: Giuseppe Piersantelli 's introduction to facsimile edition, Rome, 1966. See also: Marcus Sopher. Seventeenth-Century Italian Prints. Stanford: 1978.

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Liberata Gerusalemme Tasso's Torquato from Rinaldoillustra by Abandoned Armida Mrs Mr catalogue c 17th 132 cat Sopher Marcus Provenance Europe Italy Print Literary Engraving Bernardo Castello Italian Giuseppe Pavoni 3306201405530010 A005518 1987.1.155 AFGA