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Driven by despair, and to her sister's dismay, Dido throws herself onto a pyre of Aeneas's bed and clothes and pierces herself with his sword. Moved by pity, Jupiter's wife, Juno, sends Iris from heaven to cut a lock of Dido's hair and sacrifice it to the underworld so that Dido may die. Aeneas's fleet sails away in the distance.
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Document identity
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95193
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The Death of Dido
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95193
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object
title
The Death of Dido
description
Driven by despair, and to her sister's dismay, Dido throws herself onto a pyre of Aeneas's bed and clothes and pierces herself with his sword. Moved by pity, Jupiter's wife, Juno, sends Iris from heaven to cut a lock of Dido's hair and sacrifice it to the underworld so that Dido may die. Aeneas's fleet sails away in the distance.
date
1679
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60781133
creators
9464
9467
genreSpecific
Tapestry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 414 x 466.5 cm (163 x 183 11/16 in.)
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Belgium, 17th century
accession
1915.79.8
Source extras
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tapestry weave: silk and wool
tombstone
The Death of Dido, 1679. Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, 1610–1662), Michael Wauters (Flemish, 1679). Tapestry weave: silk and wool; overall: 414 x 466.5 cm (163 x 183 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen, 1915.79.8
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Textiles
inscriptions
inscription
signed lower right: M. Wavters.
formerAccessionNumbers
1915.86
didYouKnow
Depicting the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas, this tapestry is one of eight 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
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 05:05:32.768000
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95193
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tapestry weave: silk and wool
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male
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