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Jean-Bernard Restout
The Departure of Dido and Aeneas for the Hunt1772-1774

Not on view
Oil painting, loosely rendered narrative scene with a dense crowd of figures in classical dress on broad stone steps before a columned building, with horses, dogs, and a bare-chested figure holding a spear at far right
Artist or Maker
Jean-Bernard Restout
France, Paris, 1732-1797
Title
The Departure of Dido and Aeneas for the Hunt
Place Made
France
Date Made
1772-1774
Medium
Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 12 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (32.07 × 40.01 cm) Frame: 14 × 18 × 1 in. (35.56 × 45.72 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2000.179.22
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1980, sold 2000 to; LACMA.

Selected Bibliography
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.