Dido sacrifices to Juno, the goddess of marriage

Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco (1610-1662)

Wauters, Michel (died 1679)

Item type:

textile, clothing and costume

Date of creation:

1679

Height:

411.0 cm  (161 13/16 in.)

Width:

464.5 cm  (182 7/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tapestry weave: silk and wool

Description

A boy standing behind the sacrificial altar plays an aulos.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Aulos [4173]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Museum attribution: "designed by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, 1610-1662), woven by Michael Wauters (Flemish)."

RIdIM record id

2125