Sophronia asking the Saracen King Aladine to Release the Christian Prisoners

Francesco Guardi (1712 - 1793)

Ferens Art Gallery

circa 1760

Sophronia, Christian virgin, pretends and pleads she is thief of King Aladine so her people will be saved. Subject derived from the engraving by G.B.Piazzetta for the title page of CantoII of the edition of Tasso's 'Gerusalemme Liberata', published by Albrizzi, Venice,1745.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 249 x 109 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1000 ( Total: £12,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1967
• Vendor: Agnew's

Provenance

The 2nd Earl of Bantry; by descent to Mrs Shelswell-White; Geoffrey Merton

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