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The Trojans (3)

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Les Troyens (opera) [Dido and Aeneas]
Les Troyens (opera) [Dido Excoriates Aeneas, from Book IV of the “Aeneid”]

Images reproduced with kind permission of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

 

Dido and Aeneas

Filename:

gm00067201.jpg

Creator(s):

Nicolas Verkolye (Dutch, 1673 - 1746) and Jan Verkolye the Elder (Dutch, 1650 - 1693)

Title/Date:

Dido and Aeneas, Early 18th century

Culture:

Dutch

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Unframed: 87 x 114.9 cm (34 1/4 x 45 1/4 in.)

Framed:

121.3 x 143.5 x 11.4 cm (47 3/4 x 56 1/2 x4 if2 in.)

Accession No:

71.PA.66

Object Credit:

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

 

Dido Excoriates Aeneas, from Book IV of the “Aeneid”


Filename:

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Creator(s):

Jean-Michel Moreau lejeune (French, 1741 - 1814)

Title/Date:

Dido Excoriates Aeneas, from Book IV of the "Aeneid", 1803

Culture:

French

Medium:

Pen and brown ink and brown wash

Dimensions:

22.2 x 15.6 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

Accession No:

99.GA.28

Object Credit:

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

 

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