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Dido at her stake, Queen Dido pierces herself with the sword of Aeneas, who leaves in the background with his ship. Dido kneels at the stake that she has had herself set up, amid the bedding she has shared with Aeneas. The female messenger of Juno, Iris, cuts a lock of hair to Dido to free her soul from the body. Below the performance a sentence in Latin from Vergilius including three lines in Latin, (story of) Dido, (story of) Dido - death, Michael Heylbroeck (mentioned on object), London, 1713, paper, engraving, h 484 mm × w 333 mm.

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Dido at her stake, Queen Dido pierces herself with the sword of Aeneas, who leaves in the background with his ship. Dido kneels at the stake that she has had herself set up, amid the bedding she has shared with Aeneas. The female messenger of Juno, Iris, cuts a lock of hair to Dido to free her soul from the body. Below the performance a sentence in Latin from Vergilius including three lines in Latin, (story of) Dido, (story of) Dido - death, Michael Heylbroeck (mentioned on object), London, 1713, paper, engraving, h 484 mm × w 333 mm

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38.0 x 55.0 cm | 15.0 x 21.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1713 • AENEAS • BACKGROUND • BEDDING • BODY • CADAVER • CITY OF LONDON • CORPS • CORPSE • CORTES • CUTS • DEAD BODY • DEATH • DIDO KNEELS • DIDO • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FEMALE MESSENGER • FREE • HAIR • HAIRS • IRIS • IRISES • JUNO • LATIN • LEAVES • LOCK • LOCKS • LONDON • MENTIONED • MICHAEL HEYLBROECK • OBJECT • OBJECTS • PAPER AND PACKAGE PRODUCTS • PAPER • PELO • PERFORMANCE • PRINT • PUNT • QUEEN DIDO PIERCES • SENTENCE • SET UP • SHARED • SHIP • SOUL • STAKE • STORY • SWORD • THREE LINES • UMBRELLA • VERGILIUS