The Death of Dido
- Medium
- tapestry weave: silk and wool
- Dimensions
- Overall: 414 x 466.5 cm (163 x 183 11/16 in.)
- Genre
- tapestry
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Belgium, 17th century
About
Driven by despair, and to her sister's dismay, Dido throws herself onto a pyre of Aeneas's bed and clothes and pierces herself with his sword. Moved by pity, Jupiter's wife, Juno, sends Iris from heaven to cut a lock of Dido's hair and sacrifice it to the underworld so that Dido may die. Aeneas's fleet sails away in the distance.
