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LITERATURE

Ancient / Vergil / Aeneid / Book IV: Love of Dido and Aeneas, after Aeneas's departure Dido kills herself / vv. 642-666: Dido stabs herself with Aeneas's sword / Dido stabs herself, standing or kneeling, with no funeral pyre in sight

Further details

Identified both as Dido or as Lucretia

Artist or creator

Campagnola, Domenico (1500-1564) formerly attributed to Giorgione

Date

16th century (second quarter) - 16th century (middle)

Location

Florence, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe degli Uffizi (inv. 697E)

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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