Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo

c. 1742–45

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s work epitomizes the brilliant exuberance of the Late Baroque style. Internationally renowned, Tiepolo was often commissioned to transform palaces and monasteries in Venice and elsewhere in Italy, as well as in Germany and Spain. This painting and three others at the Art Institute once graced the cabinet of mirrors, a richly decorated room in the Venetian palace of the powerful Cornaro family.

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Artist

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Date

c. 1742–45

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

187.5 × 216.8 cm (73 13/16 × 85 3/8 in.); Framed: 194.8 × 223.5 × 8.3 cm (76 1/2 × 88 × 3 1/4 in.)

Origin

Italy

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Bequest of James Deering