Isaac Moillon, Unidentified Parisian Manufacturer, and others
Queen Dido’s Banquet in Honor of Aeneas
1653
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- Designer: Isaac Moillon
- Workshop or: Unidentified Parisian Manufacturer
- Workshop: Aubusson (Manufacture Royale d’Aubusson, after 1665)
Queen Dido’s Banquet in Honor of Aeneas
1653
Physical Qualities
Wool, silk, linen lining, 134 × 188 in. (340.4 × 477.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Hearst Foundation
Object Number
1954.29
Tapestry. Central image is a banquet scene with a marble floor and walls hung with draperies, statues, and shelves of golded vessels. Dido and Aeneas are seated at the banquet table surrounded by figures including the Tyrian King Belus and his Queen. A small boy, Aeneas's son clings to Dido, at right. At left, a harpist plays museum. Attendants bring food to the table and pour libations.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1954; William Randolph Hearst Foundation, New York, NY by transfer, 1951-54; William Randolph Hearst, New York, NY and San Simeon, CA by purchase, 1927; Edson Bradley sale, American Art Association, November 11, 1927, cat. 372; Edson Bradley, New York, NY and Newport, RI
Workshop or
Unidentified Parisian Manufacturer
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