27 Artists embedded with the First Crusade, Jerusalem Delivered, with footnotes # 36

Jerusalem Delivered is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso first published in 1581, which tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade in which Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle Muslims in order to take Jerusalem.

GG Barbelli (or Barbello), Crema painter (1590-1650).
The composition is part of the frescoes of the Palazzo Moroni in Bergamo

Giovanni Giacomo Barbelli (17 April 1604 – 12 July 1656) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Brescia. He was born in Offanengo, near Crema, and is mentioned as a mentor of Evaristo Baschenis. Among his works are a Nativity altarpiece for the sanctuary of Nostra Signora della Brughiera in Bulliana in the province of Biella. He also painted two altarpieces, a Crucifixion and a Circumcision (attributed) for the Sanctuary della Madonna del Pianto in Ono Degno, near Pertica Bassa. He painted history scenes into quadratura by Domenico Ghislandi for the Palazzo Terzi as well as for the Palazzo Moroni (1649–1654) in Bergamo.  More on Giovanni Giacomo Barbelli

Francesco Hayez (1791-1882)
Crusaders Thirsting near Jerusalem, c. 1836 – 1850

Oil on canvas
Royal Palace of Turin, Torino , Italy

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