The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 5, 2020

Aeneas says Farewell to Dido

1679

woven by

Michael Wauters

(Flemish, 1679)

designed by

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli

(Italian, 1610-1662)

Belgium, 17th century

Tapestry weave: silk and wool

Overall: 403 x 394 cm (158 11/16 x 155 1/8 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen 1915.79.7

Location

210A Armor Court

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed lower right: M. Wavters.

Provenance
Barberini Family, Rome (before 1695-1899); Charles M. Ffoulke, Washington, D. C. (1899-1915).
Citations
W. M. M. "Gothic Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 4 (1919): 67-70. Mentioned: p. 70 www.jstor.org
BREMER-DAVID, CHARISSA. "French & Company and American Collections of Tapestries, 1907-1959." Studies in the Decorative Arts 11, no. 1 (2003): 38-68. www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 6-September 20, 1916).

Tapestry restoration 1. Gaspard De Wit/Koninklijke Manufactuur van Wandtapijten n.v (August 19, 1997-August 11, 1998).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1915.79.7