# Rinaldo and Armida

- By: Donato Creti (Italian, 1671-1749)
- Date: c. 1693
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 15 × 19.1 cm (5 15/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Gift of Marie Louise Pritchard
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/12567)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/e5b9b50325c99de320169fcfb316f86d.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This delightful sheet depicts the story of Rinaldo and Armida as told in the 14th canto of Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata. Armida is shown holding the dagger at the moment when the sweetness of Rinaldo's face arrests her in her murderous scheme and seduces her to become his lover.

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