Clorinda saves Olindo and Sophronia from the pyre

RCIN 906654

Italian School, 17th century

Clorinda saves Olindo and Sophronia from the pyre

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

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A drawing of the lovers Sohpronia and Olindo tied to a stake with figures preparing the pyre below them. The mounted figure of Clorinda is on the left, about to rescue the prisoners.
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B(M) : Blunt, A.F., 1971, 'Miscellaneous' in Schilling, E. The German Drawings in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, London and New York – B(M) 618

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