Dido Sacrifices to Juno, the Goddess of Marriage
- Medium
- tapestry weave: silk and wool
- Dimensions
- Overall: 411 x 464.5 cm (161 13/16 x 182 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- Tapestry
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Belgium, 17th century
About
Dido loves Aeneas and offers a sacrifice to the gods, specifically Juno, the goddess of marriage, to keep him in Carthage. Priests prepare to cut open the newly slaughtered heifer and read the future in its entrails.
