Dido Sacrifices to Juno, the Goddess of Marriage
Dido loves Aeneas and offers a sacrifice to the gods, specifically Juno, the goddess of marriage, to keep him in Carthage. Priests prepare to cut open the newly slaughtered heifer and read the future in its entrails.
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, in memory of Dr. Dudley P. Allen
1679
Tapestry weave: silk and wool
411.0 x 464.5cm
1915.79.3
Image and text: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2024
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