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Source Description
Achates, with spear in hand, presents Cupid, who is disguised as Aeneas's son, to Queen Dido. He offers her gifts to encourage her to love Aeneas who is seated at her side. Attendants are preparing a banquet that Dido is giving in honor of Aeneas and his companions.
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Document identity
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95187
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Cupid disguised as Aeneas's son, presents gifts to Dido
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95187
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title
Cupid disguised as Aeneas's son, presents gifts to Dido
description
Achates, with spear in hand, presents Cupid, who is disguised as Aeneas's son, to Queen Dido. He offers her gifts to encourage her to love Aeneas who is seated at her side. Attendants are preparing a banquet that Dido is giving in honor of Aeneas and his companions.
date
1679
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60780867
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9464
9467
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Tapestry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 418.8 x 634.6 cm (164 7/8 x 249 13/16 in.)
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Belgium, 17th century
accession
1915.79.2
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tapestry weave: silk and wool
tombstone
Cupid disguised as Aeneas's son, presents gifts to Dido, 1679. Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, 1610–1662), Michael Wauters (Flemish, 1679). Tapestry weave: silk and wool; overall: 418.8 x 634.6 cm (164 7/8 x 249 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen, 1915.79.2
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Textiles
inscriptions
inscription
signed lower left: M. Wovters.
formerAccessionNumbers
1915.80
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.
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Mentioned: p. 70
citation
BREMER-DAVID, CHARISSA. "French & Company and American Collections of Tapestries, 1907-1959." <em>Studies in the Decorative Arts</em> 11, no. 1 (2003): 38-68.
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www.jstor.org/stable/40663064
citation
Catterson, Lynn. Florence, Berlin and Beyond : Late Nineteenth-Century Art Markets and Their Social Networks. <br>Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 159; Reproduced: p. 161, fig. 5.3
creditline
Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen
galleryDonorText
Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Armor Court
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2026-05-29 05:05:27.688000
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95187
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tapestry weave: silk and wool
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male
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