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Dido Receives Aeneas
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Dido Receives Aeneas

Crispijn van de Passe (I) · 1612 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Dido, Queen of Carthage, receives Aeneas and his retinue in her palace. In the background, Venus and Juno decide that Aeneas shall marry Dido. In the margin a four-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin.

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Credit lineDido ontvangt Aeneas. 1612. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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