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Dido Sacrifices to Juno, the Goddess of Marriage

Dido Sacrifices to Juno, the Goddess of Marriage

1679
(Italian, 1610–1662)
(Flemish, 1679)
Belgium, 17th century
tapestry weave: silk and wool
Overall: 411 x 464.5 cm (161 13/16 x 182 7/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen 1915.79.3
Location: 210A Armor Court

Did You Know?

This tapestry is one from a series of eight that depicts the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas. They were gifted to the museum for display in the armor court.

Description

Dido loves Aeneas and offers a sacrifice to the gods, specifically Juno, the goddess of marriage, to keep him in Carthage. Priests prepare to cut open the newly slaughtered heifer and read the future in its entrails.
  • before 1695-1899
    Barberini Family, Rome, Italy
    1899-1915
    Charles M. Ffoulke (1849-1909), Washington, D.C.
    1909-before 1915
    Mitchell Samuels of French & Company (1880-1959), New York, NY, sold to Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss
    before 1915-1915
    Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss (1865-1944), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1915-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • W. M. M. "Gothic Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 4 (1919): 67-70. Mentioned: p. 70 www.jstor.org
    Christman, Bruce, "Threads of History", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 38 no. 10, December 1998 archive.org
    BREMER-DAVID, CHARISSA. "French & Company and American Collections of Tapestries, 1907-1959." Studies in the Decorative Arts 11, no. 1 (2003): 38-68. 40663064
  • Tapestry restoration 1. Gaspard De Wit/Koninklijke Manufactuur van Wandtapijten n.v (August 19, 1997-August 11, 1998).
  • {{cite web|title=Dido Sacrifices to Juno, the Goddess of Marriage|url=false|author=Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, Michael Wauters|year=1679|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1915.79.3