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Rinaldo and Armida, (painting). Artist:  West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, painter. Title:  Rinaldo and Armida, (painting). Dates:  1766/1790. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  28 1/2 x 36 1/2 in. (72.4 x 92.7 cm) Inscription:  (Lower center:) B. West 1766. Retouched 1790 signed Description:  Rinaldo and Armida surrounded by cupids and warriors. Subject:  Literature -- Tasso -- Jerusalem Delivered Literature -- Character -- Rinaldo Literature -- Character -- Armida Mythology -- Classical -- Cupid Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Rutgers University, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1248 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Whitford, Caleb, Esq. (?) George Robins Sale, London, England, 1829. Redford Art Sale, London, England, 1859. Eccles family, Gift of Eccles, Willet L., Washington, District of Columbia References:  Rutgers University, Fine Arts Collection, 1972. "The Fine Arts Collection of Rutgers, the State University: A Selection," New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University, University Art Gallery, 1966. Evans, Grose, "Benjamin West and the taste of his times," Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1959, pg. 20, pg. 111. Illustration:  Image on file. "The Fine Arts Collection of Rutgers, the State University: A Selection," New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University, University Art Gallery, 1966, pg. 41. Evans, Grose, "Benjamin West and the taste of his times," Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1959, pl. 16. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 31760131   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 31760131 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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