An Episode from 'Gerusalemme Liberata'

attributed to Giovanni Battista Viola (Bologna 1576-Rome 1622) . Oil painting on canvas, An Episode from 'Gerusalemme Liberata', attributed to Giovanni Battista Viola (Bologna 1576-Rome 1622), follower of Domenico Zampieri Domenichino (Bologna 1581 - Naples 1641), An Italian ideal landscape showing a coastal scene with boats, trees and mounted on a three warriors in classical dress, one mounted on a white horse, halted on the bank of a river estuary; a boat is drawn up nearby and a stag can just be seen in the undergrowth at the right. Possibly a scene illustrating Gerusalemme Liberata or a scene from Vergil's Aeneid. Polesden Lacey, Surrey (Accredited Museum)