File:Dido throne MAN Napoli Inv8898.jpg

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Dido seated on a throne, attended by handmaiden, looking at the personification of Africa wearing an elephant hide. Aeneas' ship feature in the background. Fresco in Pompeii

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English: Dido seated on a throne, attended by handmaiden, looking at the personnification of Africa wearing an elephant hide. Aeneas' ship feature in the background.
Français : Didon assise sur un trône entourée de ses suivantes, regarde la personnification de l'Afrique coiffée d'une dépouille d'éléphant. Les vaisseaux d'Énée apparaissent à l'horizon.
Italiano: Didone, regina di Cartagine, seduta in trono, è stata appena abbandonata da Enea che si allontana con la nave. Ai suoi lati vi sono le personificazioni dell'Africa (a sin.) e dell'Asia (a des.).
Date 1st century AD
date QS:P571,+050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium fresco
medium QS:P186,Q25631150
Dimensions cm 108 x 128
institution QS:P195,Q637248
Current location
Sala LXXII
Accession number
Inv.8898
Object history Provenance: Pompeii, Casa di Meleagro, VI,9,2, atrium 2
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen
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