
The suicide of Dido, Queen of Carthage
Ferdinando TaccaWW-1675-051070
1675·Bronze, on later wood base·Overall with base (confirmed): 13 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (33 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm); overall without base (confirmed): 9 1/16 × 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (23 × 12.1 × 9.5 cm)
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Catalogue
- Year
- 1675
- Dimensions
- Overall with base (confirmed): 13 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (33 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm); overall without base (confirmed): 9 1/16 × 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (23 × 12.1 × 9.5 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Ferdinando Tacca
Artist
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Ferdinando Tacca
- Year
- 1675
- Dimensions
- Overall with base (confirmed): 13 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (33 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm); overall without base (confirmed): 9 1/16 × 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (23 × 12.1 × 9.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1675-051070
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified






