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Dido and Aeneas

1654–55
Not on view
Aeneas takes Dido's hand before a statue of Venus and Cupid set in a curtained niche with an older woman attending Dido. Faithorne's print was used in two publications,"Musaei, Moschi & Bionis, quae extant omnio," translated by David Whitford (London, 1655) and Thomas Blount's "The Academie of Eloquence" (1654).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dido and Aeneas
  • Engraver: William Faithorne the Elder (British, London ca. 1620–1691 London)
  • Date: 1654–55
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 13/16 in. × 6 in. (19.8 × 15.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.664
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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