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This panel’s dimensions suggest that it came from a spalliere, a painting set into the panelling of a room, rather than a cassone (a large chest) as has long been thought. Both often showed tales from classical poetry or history, many illustrating the consequences of good and bad behaviour for husbands and wives. Dido was seen as a warning against uncontrolled female sexuality: in Dante’s Inferno, she was condemned to hell for her consuming passion for Aeneas.
Title
Dido's Suicide
Date
early 16th century
Medium
Oil on poplar
Measurements
H 42.5 x W 123.2 cm
Accession number
NG1336
Acquisition method
Bought, 1891
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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