Iconography

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 seated, next to logs or a fire

Further details

Artist or creator

German because of the similar monogram formerly regarded as work of Georg Pencz

Date

1530 (circa) - 1580

Location

London, British Museum (Dept. of Prints and Drawings)

Notes on photograph

Project

Bartsch

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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