Le Tasse chez les fous

About this artwork

verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

**Le Tasse chez les f** (Tasso in the Madhouse) is a striking 19th-century lithograph French artist Adolphe Mouiller, created sometime between 1830 and1880. Measuring 398 mm high by 511 mm wide, it captures the tragic plight of Torquato T, the renowned Italian Renaissance poet who spent his final years confined in a Ferrara asylum. Mouilleron, a skilled lithographer known for his illustrative works, draws on Romantic fascination with tormented genius, portraying Tasso amid scenes of madness to evoke pathos and the blurred line between creativity and insanity—a theme echoed in literature by Byr...

About the Artist

Adolphe Mouilleron · 1820–1881

Adolphe Mouilleron (1820–1881) was a French painter and lithographer whose significant contributions to French printmaking and co-founding role in the artists' collective 'Les Artistes Contemporains' made him an important figure in mid-19th-century Parisian art. Born in Paris on December 20, 1820, Mouilleron achieved recognition through both his original lithographs and paintings, earning multiple...