Armida in Vain Endeavours with Her Entreaties to Prevent Rinaldo's Departure is a 1776 Neoclassical history painting by the Swiss artist Angelica Kauffman. It features a scene from the sixteenth century epic poem Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso. The enchantresses Armida attempts to prevent the hero Rinaldo departing to take part in the Siege of Jerusalem during the First Crusade.