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Berlioz and literature 2 : Classics

The Trojans (3)

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BERLIOZ AND THE CLASSICS

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Les Troyens (opera) [Dido and Aeneas]
Les Troyens (opera) [Dido excoriates Aeneas, from Book IV of the “Aeneid”]

 

Didon and Aeneas

painting
 

Filename: gm00067201.jpg
Creator(s): Nicolas Verkolye (Dutch, 1673 - 1746) and Jan Verkolye the Elder (Dutch, 1650 - 1693)
Title/Date: Dido and Aeneas, Early 18th century
Culture: Dutch
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Unframed: 87 x 114.9 cm (34 1/4 x 45 1/4 in.)
Framed: 121.3 x 143.5 x 11.4 cm (47 3/4 x 56 1/2 x4 if2 in.)
Accession No: 71.PA.66
Object Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

 

Dido excoriates Aeneas, from Book IV of the “Aeneid”

painting
 

Filename: ginA 3540601 .jpg
Creator(s): Jean-Michel Moreau lejeune (French, 1741 - 1814)
Title/Date: Dido excoriates Aeneas, from Book IV of the “Aeneid”, 1803
Culture: French
Medium: Pen and brown ink and brown wash
Dimensions: 22.2 x 15.6 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Accession No: 99.GA.28
Object Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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