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The Death of Dido
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The Death of 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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Driven by despair, and to her sister's dismay, Dido throws herself onto a pyre of Aeneas's bed and clothes and pierces herself with his sword. Moved by pity, Jupiter's wife, Juno, sends Iris from heaven to cut a lock of Dido's hair and sacrifice it to the underworld so that Dido may die. Aeneas's fleet sails away in the distance.

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Credit lineThe Death of Dido, 1679. Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, 1610–1662), Michael Wauters (Flemish, 1679). Tapestry weave: silk and wool; overall: 414 x 466.5 cm (163 x 183 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen, 1915.79.8
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