Dood van Dido, Gaspard Duchange, after Antoine Coypel, 1719

Title(s)

Dood van Dido
Atque in ventos vita recessit (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-43.253

Catalogue reference

• IFF 18e siècle 26
• LeBlanc 23

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Dido ligt op haar brandstapel terwijl Iris, de boodschapster van Juno, een lok van Dido's haar snijdt.

Artist

• print maker: Gaspard Duchange (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Antoine Coypel (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Denis-Charles Buldet (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: France
publisher: Paris

Dating

1719

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 461 mm × width 248 mm

What

• (story of) Dido - death
• Iris cuts a lock from Dido's hair to release her soul

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français, dl. 7, p. 386, cat.nr. 26
• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, Ch Leblanc, dl. 2, p. 149, cat.nr. 23