Death of Dido

1620–40

Current Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with gray wash, over charcoal (?) (recto); ruled framing outlines in red chalk, black chalk scribbles (verso), framing outlines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 20.2 × 29.2 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-941079

Provenance

Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887

Registry history

1620–40 — Recorded in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art — drawings

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