Dido and Aeneas seek shelter from a storm (Q60780870)

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artist: Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Q2983846) Michel Wauters (Q78571328)
collection: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
material used: silk (Q37681) wool (Q42329)
fabrication method: tapestry weaving (Q29167534)
part of: Dido and Aeneas (1915.79) (Q60781281)
instance of: tapestry (Q184296)

catalog URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1915.79.5

information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog

description: During a hunting party, Dido and Aeneas are caught in a storm and flee to shelter. Cupid and Hymen, the god of marriage, bless them from above. Servants are working to attend to the frightened horses while on a branch, the owl of evil beats his wings ominously.

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