Mercury tells Aeneas to Leave Carthage (Q60781146)

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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/1915.79.6

information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog

description: The supreme god, Jupiter, sends his messenger Mercury to the Trojan hero Aeneas to urge him to continue his voyage and leave Carthage in order to fulfil his destiny, to found Rome.

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