Collection Online as of October 22, 2019

Dido and Aeneas seek shelter from a storm

Michael Wauters

(Flemish, 1679)

woven by

(Italian, 1610-1662)

Tapestry weave: silk and wool

Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen 1915.79.5

210A Armor Court

Inscriptions

signed lower right: M. Wavters.

Provenance

Barberini Family, Rome (before 1695-1899); Charles M. Ffoulke, Washington, D. C. (1899-1915).

Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art, "Inaugural Exhibition" [June 6-Sept. 20, 1916].

Tapestry Restoration 2. Gaspard De Wit/Koninklijke Manufactuur van Wandtapijten n.v (January 21, 1999-September 7, 2000).