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    "localId": "95189",
    "label": "Dido shows Aeneas the plans for the fortifications of Carthage",
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    "id": "95189",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Dido shows Aeneas the plans for the fortifications of Carthage",
    "description": "The enamored Dido, attended by her sister Anna, shows Aeneas the building plans for Carthage which are being held by a kneeling youth and the architect.",
    "date": "1679",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.79.4",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 416.4 x 563.6 cm (163 15/16 x 221 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
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    "accession": "1915.79.4"
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    "tombstone": "Dido shows Aeneas the plans for the fortifications of Carthage, 1679. Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, 1610–1662), Michael Wauters (Flemish, 1679). Tapestry weave: silk and wool; overall: 416.4 x 563.6 cm (163 15/16 x 221 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen, 1915.79.4",
    "collection": "Textiles",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "signed lower right:  M. W. "
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    ],
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
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    "didYouKnow": "This tapestry is one from a series of eight that depicts the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas. They were gifted to the museum for display in the armor court.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "W. M. M. \"Gothic Art.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 6, no. 4 (1919): 67-70.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 70",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136280"
        },
        {
            "citation": "BREMER-DAVID, CHARISSA. \"French &amp; Company and American Collections of Tapestries, 1907-1959.\" <em>Studies in the Decorative Arts</em> 11, no. 1 (2003): 38-68.",
            "url": "www.jstor.org/stable/40663064"
        }
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    "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen",
    "galleryDonorText": "Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Armor Court",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:05:31.989000",
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