Dido and Aeneas
Maker
(artist)
1675-1734
1675-1734
Title
Dido and Aeneas
Medium
graphite, pen and ink (brown), wash (grey) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 15.9 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2233
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Mrs. Esdaile; acquired from her by B.T. Batsford (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), before November 1926 (along with D.1952.RW.2223, 2225, 2227, 2228, 2230, 2231, 2237, 2243, 2245, 2246, 2248, 2250); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 51
p. 51
Inscriptions
Inscription: Dido falls in love with AEneas. Virg. AEn. 1st.
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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