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Summary
Dido and Aeneas
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| Artist |
Michael Wauters |
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| Title |
Dido and Aeneas |
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| Description |
Commissioned by the prominent Italian Barberini family, this prestigious and dynamic set of eight tapestries depicts the tragic love story between Trojan hero Aeneas and Dido, Queen of Carthage, based on Virgil’s ancient Roman epic poem The Aeneid. It was designed by the internationally renowned Roman painter Giovanni Francesco Romanelli and woven in Antwerp before 1679. |
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| Date | 1679 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Tapestry weave: silk and wool | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Textiles |
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1915.79 |
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| Place of creation | Belgium, 17th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 19:39, 21 January 2019 | | 2,631 × 3,400 (2.98 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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