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Francis Cleyn, 1582–1658, German, Dido and Aeneas Sheltering in a Cave, undated
- Title:
Dido and Aeneas Sheltering in a Cave
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Gray wash and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (26 x 19.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "D 2226"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5222
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- allegory | caves | clouds | dogs (animals) | eyes | figures | horses (animals) | religious and mythological subject | shelter | storm | studies (visual works) | wings
- Associated People:
- Aeneas
Dido
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (70 BC–19 BC), classical Roman poet - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8049
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-09-19 - 1987-11-08) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth (British Museum, 1987-06-18 - 1987-08-31) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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