Attributed to Pier Francesco Mola
Erminia and Vafrino Tending the Wounded Tancredi

CultureItalian
Titles
  • Erminia and Vafrino Tending the Wounded Tancredi
  • Erminia and Vafrino Mourning the Dying Tancred
Date1655–1660
PlaceItaly
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionsimage: 52 3/4 × 80 1/4 in. (134 × 203.8 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1981.1
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
214 Blaffer Galleries
On view

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Provenance[Sotheby’s, London, July 12, 1978, lot 76, as by Giusepe Caletti, called Il Cremonese, with its pendant]; [Schickman Gallery, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1981.
Exhibition History"Knights in Shining Armor: Myth and Reality, 1450 - 1650," Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, January 28–June 17, 2007.

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