Dido complains to Anna about Aeneas, who is preparing his departure - Thelott

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Dido complains to Anna about Aeneas, who is preparing his departure - Thelott

Dido complains to Anna about Aeneas, who is preparing his departure - Thelott

Image series :
Thelott, Plaques circulaires en argent sur le thème de Didon et Énée, vers 1700

Notice précédente Notice n°3 sur 3

Artist :
Thelott, Johann Andreas (1655-1734)
Date :
Entre 1690 et 1700
Type of image :
Arts décoratifs
Plaque circulaire en argent ciselée en bas-relief
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
⌀ 13.1 cm
Topic :
Aeneid. Aeneas' farewell to Dido
Storage Location :
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Département des Objets d'art du Moyen Age, de la Renaissance et des temps modernes
Signed work

Description

In the left foreground, Dido confides in Anna: Aeneas is about to leave her. In the right background, Aeneas, recognizable by his baton of command, orders the Trojans to prepare for departure.

The scene of confidence to Anna is an invention of Thelott. Virgil evokes a presentiment of Dido, as Aeneas secretly arms his fleet:

At regina dolos (qui fallere possit amantem?)
praesensit, motusque excepit prima futuros... (v. 296-7)

(But how do you deceive someone who loves? The queen immediately sensed the ruse and got wind of what was afoot.)

History :
  1. Signed lower left, in two lines, "I A DEL | OT" (DEL for THEL?)
Textual Sources :
VE04 - Virgile, Énéide, Livre 4
En. 4, 296-392

Technical Data

Notice #024714

Image HD

Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Collections en ligne du Musée du Louvre, Paris (https://collections.louvre.fr)
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, musée du Louvre, Mathieu Rabeau

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