Aeneas Appearing Before Queen Dido

Artist Jacopo Amigoni (Italian, 1675 - 1752)

Datec.1729

Place of ManufactureEurope

Mediumoil

DimensionsOverall (support measurements; sight: 160.0 x 117.0): 163.5 x 119 cm

ClassificationsFINE ART

Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. G.B. Benson

Object number1966.058.001

DescriptionOperatic scene illustrating an episode in Book 1 of Virgil's Aeneid, in which Aeneas (Trojan leader) comes to the court of Queen Dido of Carthage: a man in Roman soldier garb is addressing a woman who is seated in a chair & who wears Eastern looking headgear (Queen Dido); in the background is Roman architecture; there is a harbour scene through an arch;

Status

Not on view