Dido receiving Aeneas, with Venus (Aphrodite) presiding above cloud. unknown c. 1515-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'10" x W 16'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Morgan Coll. of Tapestries (from Knole Coll.) 8/15/1916; sold to W. H. Smith 1/1/1920 [SS 7031]. French & Co. received from W. Hickle Smith, invoiced 2/20/1932; "B" returned 9/16/1940 [SS 17528]. United States, New York, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library. Central column divides scene in half; Aeneas disembarks from small ship, he hold scepter (L, top);
Dido receiving Aeneas, with Venus (Aphrodite) presiding above cloud. unknown c. 1515-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'10" x W 16'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Morgan Coll. of Tapestries (from Knole Coll.) 8/15/1916; sold to W. H. Smith 1/1/1920 [SS 7031]. French & Co. received from W. Hickle Smith, invoiced 2/20/1932; "B" returned 9/16/1940 [SS 17528]. United States, New York, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library. Central column divides scene in half; Aeneas disembarks from small ship, he hold scepter (L, top); Aeneas holding scepter approaches group of seated women (L, foreground); Venus [or Diana?] hovers in sky on clouds, holding bow (center, top); group of courtiers before enthroned Queen Dido (R, top); Aeneas before group of courtiers who holds out vessel to him (R, foreground) (BRD) scrolling garland of fruit & blooming flowers Panel possibly woven in Brussels. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 703 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 17528-b Ricci, Twenty Renaissance Tapestries (1913), 20, no. VIII Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237871, 0237873-0237874, 0184209
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