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Rutilio Manetti
Dido and Aeneascirca 1630

Not on view
Oil painting, narrative scene with two armored Roman soldiers and two or three women, clasping hands at center, dramatically lit against a dark background

Rutilio Manetti, Dido and Aeneas, circa 1630, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Anonymous gift in honor of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Rutilio Manetti
Italy, Siena, 1571-1639
Title
Dido and Aeneas
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1630
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 57 1/2 × 46 1/4 in. (146.05 × 117.48 cm) Frame: 67 1/8 × 55 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (170.5 × 140.97 × 8.26 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in honor of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.81.199
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.

  • Conisbee, Philip et al. The Ahmanson Gifts: European Masterpieces in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.