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Aeneas says Farewell to Dido
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Aeneas says Farewell to Dido

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, 1610–1662), designed by; Michael Wauters (Flemish, 1679), woven by · 1679 · tapestry weave: silk and wool

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Ready to depart on the fleet which you can see behind him, Aeneas tells the distraught Dido that he must follow his destiny and leave Carthage.

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Credit lineAeneas says Farewell to Dido, 1679. Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, 1610–1662), Michael Wauters (Flemish, 1679). Tapestry weave: silk and wool; overall: 403 x 394 cm (158 11/16 x 155 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen, 1915.79.7
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