Raphael Morghen, Pietro Ermini, and others
Torquato Tasso
1806
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 512 × 360 mm. (20 3/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
Plate: 331 × 230 mm. (13 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
Image: 226 × 165 mm. (8 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.1971
Engraved at Florence, 1807, for "La Gerusalemme Liberata," (Societa Letteraria, Boldoni: Pisa, 1807), 2 vols. Portrait is a companion for those of Boccaccio, Ariosto, Dante, and Petrarch in the volume.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; T. Harrison Garrett (L. 2435b), by purchase; James L. Claghorn (L. 555c) by purchase.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In graphite "P. Ermini/ Tasso/ 7391 [enclosed in a diamond]/ mis--" VERSO: In graphite "1298 ve1--/ 333".
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
