Portrait medal of Dido, Queen of Carthage (obverse); A View of Carthage (reverse) ca. 1550 Alessandro Cesati Italian This medal belongs to a series depicting famous figures from antiquity. Queen of Carthage in North Africa, Dido is best known as a heroine of the Aeneid, the epic poem written by the Roman poet Virgil in the first century , in which she falls in love with the Trojan hero Aeneas. The reverse depicts a view of the walled Carthage, with three galleys lying in harbor in front of the Portrait medal of Dido, Queen of Carthage (obverse); A View of Carthage (reverse). Alessan
Portrait medal of Dido, Queen of Carthage (obverse); A View of Carthage (reverse) ca. 1550 Alessandro Cesati Italian This medal belongs to a series depicting famous figures from antiquity. Queen of Carthage in North Africa, Dido is best known as a heroine of the Aeneid, the epic poem written by the Roman poet Virgil in the first century , in which she falls in love with the Trojan hero Aeneas. The reverse depicts a view of the walled Carthage, with three galleys lying in harbor in front of the Portrait medal of Dido, Queen of Carthage (obverse); A View of Carthage (reverse). Alessandro Cesati (Italian, born Cyprus, active 1538–64). ca. 1550. Bronze (Copper alloy with light brownpatina).. Medals
Size: 3906px × 4000px
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