Sujet

The Death of Dido, about 1640. Creator: Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens.

Légende

The Death of Dido, about 1640. Additional Info: After piling a wooden effigy of her deceased husband in their matrimonial bed atop her own funeral pyre, Dido, the queen of Carthage, stabs herself with her lover Aeneas's sword. Virgil tells the story of her grief-stricken reaction to her abandonment by Aeneas, the hero of the Trojan war and future founder of Rome.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A63_468

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

46,6Mo (1,9Mo) / 27,8cm x 42,0cm / 3286 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe city portrait female women woman people interior love sitting arts painting marriage naked nude monarch art weapon weapons Flanders Belgium bed room color royal death scene Baroque war depiction location century sword inside artwork blade royalty swords Carthage concept lovers lover mythology husband seated nudity stabbing deceased funeral warfare 17th century nakedness Colour Flemish Indoors weaponry Greek mythology seventeenth century Ancient city Aeneas bedchamber Dido funeral pyre sovereign TGN bedroom Queen Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens Baroque Era Elissa bed chamber 1640s matrimonial Painting Heritage Art Alyssa oil paint (paint) Peter Paul Rubens Workshop of Rubens Peter Paul Workshop of Canvas (Textile Material)