id:			95193
accession number:	1915.79.8
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.79.8
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The Death of Dido, 1679. Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, 1610–1662), Michael Wauters (Flemish, 1679). Tapestry weave: silk and wool; overall: 414 x 466.5 cm (163 x 183 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen 1915.79.8

title:				The Death of Dido
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creation date:			1679
creation date earliest:		1679
creation date latest:		1679
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen
copyright:			

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culture:	Belgium, 17th century
technique:	tapestry weave: silk and wool
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Tapestry
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CREATORS

* Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, 1610–1662)  - designed by

* Michael Wauters (Flemish, 1679)  - woven by

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measurements: Overall: 414 x 466.5 cm (163 x 183 11/16 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower right:  M. Wavters.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Tapestry restoration 1
	opening date:   1997-08-19T00:00:00
	<i>Tapestry restoration 1</i>. Gaspard De Wit/Koninklijke Manufactuur van Wandtapijten n.v (August 19, 1997-August 11, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Barberini Family, Rome, Italy
	date: before 1695-1899
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	Charles M. Ffoulke (1849-1909), Washington, D.C.
	date: 1899-1915
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	Mitchell Samuels of French & Company (1880-1959), New York, NY, sold to Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss
	date: 1909-before 1915
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	Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss (1865-1944), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: before 1915-1915
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1915-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	W. M. M. "Gothic Art." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 6, no. 4 (1919): 67-70.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 70
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136280

	BREMER-DAVID, CHARISSA. "French &amp; Company and American Collections of Tapestries, 1907-1959." <em>Studies in the Decorative Arts</em> 11, no. 1 (2003): 38-68.
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	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/40663064

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