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Olindo and Sofronia is a rare profane subject by the artist, whose body of known work consists almost entirely of religious themes, - except for a few austere still-lifes. The story of Olindo and Sofronia is told in Torquato Tasso's great epic poem, Gerusalemme Liberata (1581), set during the First Crusade and the Christian capture of Jerusalem.
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