Torquato Tasso Reading the Jerusalem Delivered to Eleonora d'Este, 1865 (oil on canvas)

Torquato Tasso Reading the Jerusalem Delivered to Eleonora d'Este (Torquato Tasso legge la Gerusalemme liberata a Eleonora d'Este), by Domenico Morelli, 1865, 19th Century, oil on canvas, 185 x 265 cm Whole artwork view. The painting depicts four people sitting inside a room with frescoed walls: on the left there is a noblewoman sitting dreamily on a large armchair, with a big, white pillow behind her back and a pink blanket on her feet; her look likes tired, her face is pale; in front of her is sitting a man, dressed with a dark suit, who is reading some sheets he keeps in his hands; two ladies with crossed arms attend to the scene; on the background, the open window lets seen part of an edifice with a portico; the scene is lined by two curtains, in floral motifs, at both sides National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art-GNAM