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Four illustrations for the 1668 tragedy ‘Dido’s Death’ by Andries Pels: Act II, the deliberation of Aeneas and his followers interrupted by Dido and Anna.
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Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others

Four illustrations for the 1668 tragedy ‘Dido’s Death’ by Andries Pels: Act II, the deliberation of Aeneas and his followers interrupted by Dido and Anna.

1662-1672

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Four illustrations for the 1668 tragedy ‘Dido’s Death’ by Andries Pels: Act II, the deliberation of Aeneas and his followers interrupted by Dido and Anna.

Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others

Four illustrations for the 1668 tragedy ‘Dido’s Death’ by Andries Pels: Act II, the deliberation of Aeneas and his followers interrupted by Dido and Anna.

Four illustrations for the 1668 tragedy ‘Dido’s Death’ by Andries Pels: Act II, the deliberation of Aeneas and his followers interrupted by Dido and Anna.

1662-1672

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 228 x 166 mm. (9 x 6 9/16 in.) Plate: 186 x 134 mm. (7 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.1392

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Monogrammed in trompe-l'oeil on surface of flagstone in image's lower right: superimposed "GL" Below image: "Geen Plaets ontbeert haer spie. de steenen krygen ooren, / De lucht krygt tongen, wort s'lands ondergang gezwooren . / Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et Sculp: et Per Nicol-m Visscher edit: cum Priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Fæderati." Lower left corner: "70" Beneath plate mark in graphite at left: "LB 45"

Markings: WM: Small (Greek?) cross in plain outline inside a rosary

Artist

Gerard de Lairesse

1640–1710

Dutch, 1641 - 1711
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Publisher

Nicolaes Visscher I

1617–1678

Dutch, 1618 - 1679
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Publisher

Nicolaes Visscher II

1648–1701

Dutch, 1649 - 1702
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Publisher

Gerard Valck

1650–1725

Dutch, 1651/52 - 1726
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