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The suicide of Dido, Queen of Carthage
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The suicide of Dido, Queen of Carthage

late 17th century

Medium

Bronze, on later wood base

Dimensions

Overall with base (confirmed): 13 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (33 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm); overall without base (confirmed): 9 1/16 × 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (23 × 12.1 × 9.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Classification

Sculpture-Bronze

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Possibly Flanders

Rights

Public Domain

About Ferdinando Tacca

1619–1690

Italian, Florence 1619–1686 Florence