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Dido and Aeneas Embracing before Gates of Carthage by Maarten de Vos — VisualArtsDB

Dido and Aeneas Embracing before Gates of Carthage

Dido and Aeneas Embracing before Gates of Carthage

1500–1799

Medium: Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on fabric
Dimensions: 17.5 × 23 cm (6 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)inkpen and ink drawingswashlaid paperprints and drawingcoating (material)paper (fiber product)

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