Dido and Aeneas

Title

Dido and Aeneas

Draughtsman

• Johannes Esaias Nilson

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a print?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und bezeichnet unterhalb der unteren Einfassungslinie (mit der Feder in Grau): Nilson.f. / Dido un Aeneas, ein Trauerspiel, aus Hrn Gotscheds teutscher Schaubühne. / Durstosse meine Brust [...]

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

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
• literary representation

Persons Shown

• Dido
• Aeneas

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Virgil

Illustrated Passage

• Vergil: Aeneis

Primary

• 96B332(+0) death of Dido; she climbs the funeral pyre and falls upon the sword of Aeneas (+ variant)