intimacy and tendeess soinfuse, "rindo a aida." inspired by a 16th-century epic poem, the artist again chose to represent a romantic ratrthan . a water nymph has lulled one of the warriors to sleep wither singing. armida, a sorcess from the underworld, sweeps in to kill the helpless hero, but instead she fall deeply in love. commissied in 29 the work commoratee riage. van dyck w invited to england t. inngland, van dyck created works that conveyed the king's role as divine monarch and that, with his french queen henrietta maria, omoted an image of peace and harmony. in this double portrait of the king and queen, henrietta maria offers charles the laurel wreath of victory. she lds an olive sigrepres e these symbols alluded to the stability of theireign. an unusual portrait representing the monarch from three different positions was intended to be sent to the italian sculptor gian lorenzo bernini as a model for a bust of the king. not onlyn the sensitiv characterization of the kin, t also in trtment ofhe erateostumes. seems to be infu