Aeneas and Dido take shelter in cave. Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco (Italian, 1610-1662) (cartoon creator) [painter] Wauters, Michel (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1660-1680 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'1" x W 13'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Antwerp Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Ffoulke Estate (Charles M. Ffoulke) 9/1/1916. While hunting, Dido & Aeneas caught in storm, & they take shelter in cave; Aeneas covers Dido with cloak, while cherub in sky hovers above (L & R BRD) spiral (Solomonic) column
Aeneas and Dido take shelter in cave. Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco (Italian, 1610-1662) (cartoon creator) [painter] Wauters, Michel (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1660-1680 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'1" x W 13'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Antwerp Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Ffoulke Estate (Charles M. Ffoulke) 9/1/1916. While hunting, Dido & Aeneas caught in storm, & they take shelter in cave; Aeneas covers Dido with cloak, while cherub in sky hovers above (L & R BRD) spiral (Solomonic) columns with twisting garlands of flowers; (UPR BRD) garlands of flowers with putti flank central cartouche with monogram inscription; (LWR BRD) sets of sea-monsters with shell flank military trophies in center Left-half of the complete composition [see GCPA: 0238117 for right-half] (Cavallo). Romanelli's cartoons have been dated 8 out of 6 of the original cartoons survive at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena (Dimitrova). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 46335 Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 295-298 Related Works: Panels in set: 0238115-0238122, 0184640; another set in series (Cleveland Museum of Art set), GCPA 0236371-0236374, 0237800-0237806, 0237807-0237809, 0184627-0184635, 0236934-0236937
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