Aeneas leaves Dido

Title

Aeneas leaves Dido

Draughtsman

• Anthonis Sallaert

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• oil pigment
• paper

Technique

• oil
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• presentation design?

Captions Added Later

Verso auf dem Montierungsbogen unten mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht feststellbar

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Aeneas
• Dido

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Virgil

Illustrated Passage

• Vergil: Aeneis

Primary

• 96B331(+0) Aeneas has his fleet put into readiness; complaints of Dido (+ variant)
• 92D1 (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)
• 92L5 (story of) Pan