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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 16 (1981)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 16

"Tapestries for a Cardinal-Nephew: A Roman Set Illustrating Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata"

Standen, Edith A.

1981

18 pages

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Edith Standen

Met Art in Publication

Sophronia's Defiance (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata), Domenico Paradisi Italian, Wool, silk (16-18 warps per inch, 7 per cm.), Italian, Rome — Sophronia's Defiance (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata)
Domenico Paradisi
designed ca. 1689–93, woven 1739

Erminia and the Shepherd (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata), Domenico Paradisi Italian, Wool, silk (16-18 warps per inch, 7 per cm.), Italian, Rome — Erminia and the Shepherd (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata)
Domenico Paradisi
designed ca. 1689–93, woven 1732–39

The Crusaders Reach Jerusalem (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata), Domenico Paradisi Italian, Wool, silk (16-18 warps per inch, 7 per cm.), Italian, Rome — The Crusaders Reach Jerusalem (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata)
Domenico Paradisi
designed ca. 1689–93, woven 1732–39

Aladin Hears of the Crusaders' Approach (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata), Domenico Paradisi Italian, Wool, silk (16-18 warps per inch, 7 per cm.), Italian, Rome — Aladin Hears of the Crusaders' Approach (from a set of Scenes from Gerusalemme Liberata)
Domenico Paradisi
designed ca. 1689–93, woven 1732–39

La Gerusalemme Liberata

Torquato Tasso

1617

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