TORQUATO TASSO (1544-95)
La Gerusalemme liberata
1617RCIN 1081252
Tasso’s epic poem on the Crusades was one of the greatest literary works of the Renaissance. First published in 1581, it inspired artists and composers for centuries. Bernardo Castello designed the engravings for the first illustrated edition (1590), which was reprinted several times, as here.