Dido Abandonded by Aeneas

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Follower of Guercino

Title

Dido Abandonded by Aeneas

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1645–1655

Medium

Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, center, on mount, in pen and brown ink: "195."; verso, across top on mount, in graphite: "Coll. Marquis de Chennevière, formerly director of Beaux-Arts"; verso, lower right, on mount, in graphite: "Guercino o Gennari"

Dimensions

18.7 × 26.6 cm (7 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.7860

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