© Ferens Art Gallery
Sophronia asking the Saracen King Aladine to Release the Christian Prisoners
Artist: Francesco Guardi (1712 - 1793)
Location: Ferens Art Gallery
Date: circa 1760
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 249 x 109 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £12,000)
Vendor: Agnew's
Review number: 2289 (1967)
Provenance:
The 2nd Earl of Bantry; by descent to Mrs Shelswell-White; Geoffrey Merton
Description:
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.
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