Torquato Tasso retires to the convent of San Onofre on the Janiculum, Gabriel Maureta Aracil, 1864

The work represents the moment when the italian renaissance poet torquato tasso (1544-1595) retired, shortly before his death, to the monastery of san onuphrius on the janiculum, where he would later be buried. Object Type: painting. Date: 1864. Dimensions: height: 121 cm (47.6 in); width: 171 cm (67.3 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museo del Prado. Torcuato Tasso se retira al convento de San Onofre en el Janículo (Museo del Prado)