Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / Death of Hector / Achilles dragging the corpse of Hector
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The Trojan Horse / The Trojans pull the horse into the city

LITERATURE

Ancient / Vergil / Aeneid / Cycles / Cassone panels / New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery (Apollonio di Giovanni, Mid-15th century)
Ancient / Vergil / Aeneid / Book I: Storm, landing in Libya, arrival in Carthago, meeting with Dido / vv. 418-440: The invisible Aeneas admires the Carthagians building their city
Ancient / Vergil / Aeneid / Book I: Storm, landing in Libya, arrival in Carthago, meeting with Dido / vv. 520-578: Dido receives Ilioneus

Further details

Centre and right: Dido receiving the Trojans, Aeneas and Achates watch the building of Carthage

Artist or creator

Apollonio di Giovanni (Dido Master, born 1415 or 1417, died 1465)

Date

1450 - 1460

Location

New Haven, CT, Yale University Art Gallery (inv. 1871.35)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Ellen Callmann, Apollonio di Giovanni, Oxford 1974, pp. 54-55, no. 6

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Web resources

Yale University Art Gallery

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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