#tancredi

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[parmandil]

Fosti tu sol l’oggetto del tenero mio cor.

[heavenlycofui]

OC Doodles 🧡

[artemlegere]

The Baptism of Clorinda

Artist: Ambroise Dubois (French, c. 1543–1614/1815)

Date: 1601 - 1606

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Palace of Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, France

Description

"The Baptism of Clorinda" is a famous tragic scene from Torquato Tasso's 16th-century epic poem, Jerusalem Delivered (Gerusalemme Liberata). It depicts a Christian knight, Tancredi, who unknowingly battles and mortally wounds his beloved, Clorinda—a fierce Muslim warrior-maiden. Discovering her identity after unlacing her helmet, a devastated Tancredi baptizes the dying Clorinda at her own request so her soul can be saved.

[tragediambulante]

Erminia discovering the wounded Tancred, Guercino, 1618

[rosefuckinggenius]

Cioè, giusto?! 👀

[oldsardens]

Tancredi - Untitled. 1950 - 1951

[yveshiver]

Alain Delon as Prince Tancredi Falconero in "Il Gattopardo" (1963) directed by Luchino Visconti.