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Portrait medal of Dido, Queen of Carthage (obverse); A View of Carthage (reverse)

ca. 1550
Not on view
This medal belongs to a series depicting famous figures from antiquity. Queen of Carthage in North Africa, Dido is best known as a heroine of the Aeneid, the epic poem written by the Roman poet Virgil in the first century b.c., in which she falls in love with the Trojan hero Aeneas. The reverse depicts a view of the walled Carthage, with three galleys lying in harbor in front of the city.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait medal of Dido, Queen of Carthage (obverse); A View of Carthage (reverse)
  • Artist: Alessandro Cesati (Italian, born Cyprus, active 1538–64)
  • Date: ca. 1550
  • Medium: Bronze (Copper alloy with light brown
    patina).
  • Dimensions: Diam. 4.2 cm, wt. 33.95 g.
  • Classification: Medals
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1268
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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