De Dido siquier Elisa · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Dido siquier Elisa
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: North Africa; Carthage
Description: This engraving depicts Elissa, who was later called Dido, standing at the foreground of the engraving watching people build the city of Carthage. She is illustrated with her hands pointing at the city and men as she over sees the construction. Boccaccio explains that Dido had stolen her brother’s treasure in retaliation of him murdering her husband. After fleeing with her brother’s treasure, she made her way to Africa where she established and became queen of the city of Carthage.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:16666
Language: spa
Source Name: De Las Mujeres Ilustres [On Famous Women]
Parent Collection: 1494 Mujeres Ilustres; 1494 Mujeres Ilustres
Image: mta_16666_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Elissa; Dido; Famous Women; Important Queens; Vengeance; Important Women