Dido, reyna de Cartago, recibe a Eneas en su palacio y queda enamorada · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Dido, reyna de Cartago, recibe a Eneas en su palacio y queda enamorada
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Carthage; North Africa; Libya
Description: After Aeneas and his companions had been shipwrecked, Queen Dido of Carthage had welcomes Aeneas into her palace. This image depicts Dido on the right side of the image holding her arm out to welcome Aeneas and his companions. She is wearing a large crown to demonstrate her status as queen. Aeneas is depicted on the left side of the image wearing his armour. After Dido welcomes Aeneas into her home, she falls in love with him.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25133
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1819)
Image: mta_25133_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Dido; Aeneas; Mythology; Love