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Henri Fantin-Latour

Rinaldo

1878
Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
41.1 × 50.1 cm (16.2 × 19.7 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Johannes Brahms's cantata recounts Rinaldo's temp­tation by the sorceress Armida, who holds him under her spell. In Henri Fantin-Latour's visual interpretation, Rinaldo leaves Armida to rejoin his troops while sea nymphs frolic in the water to the right.

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