The Dream of Dido
about 1697 | Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole
In his Aeneid Virgil recounts the story of Queen Dido seeing the shadow of her dead husband, Sychaeus, in a dream, after her brother, Pygmalion, had killed him out of greed. Sychaeus warns Dido to flee to Libya, pointing with his arm towards a waiting ship. The picture was formerly owned by Prince Eugene of Savoy and probably served as a sopraporta in one of the state rooms of his winter palace in Vienna.
In his Aeneid Virgil recounts the story of Queen Dido seeing the shadow of her dead husband, Sychaeus, in a dream, after her brother, Pygmalion, had killed him out of greed. Sychaeus warns Dido to flee to Libya, pointing with his arm towards a waiting ship. The picture was formerly owned by Prince Eugene of Savoy and probably served as a sopraporta in one of the state rooms of his winter palace in Vienna.
Artist:
Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole (1654 - 1719 Bologna)
Time:
about 1697
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Emilian
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
124,5 cm × 125 cm
Framed: 151,5 cm × 152 cm × 9,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 247
Provenance
Supraporte from the furnishings of the city palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy in Vienna I. ; 1783 documented in the gallery
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