Sujet

Queen Dido Killing Herself with a Sword; Roman de la Rose, about 1405. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Queen Dido Killing Herself with a Sword; Roman de la Rose, about 1405. Dido was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage. Heartbroken at being left by her lover Aeneas, Dido ascends the funeral pyre, and falls on a sword that Aeneas had given her.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A68_243

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47,0Mo (2,1Mo) / 28,0cm x 42,0cm / 3310 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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