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Red Cloud
Portrait of Charles II of Savoy known as the Good
Lamentation over the dead Christ
Madonna and Child
The children of Charles I of England
Madonna and Child with Six Saints
The archangel Gabriel and Tobias
Bas-relief with a garland of flowers and fruit
Madonna and Child
The three archangels and Tobias
the return of the prodigal son
Portrait of a Gentlewoman
Madonna and Child
Trinity
Stigmata of St. Francis
The vanity of human life
Portrait of an Old Man
Annunciation
Venus
Bust of Minerva
Bust - manly portrait
Psykter di Euthymides
Plate decorated with ribbons and nets
Canteen bowl
Ingot Blade Kit
Landscape relief known as of Polyphemus and Galatea
Colombine ointment
Signpost
Fibulae with disc bracket
Portrait of Carlo Emanuele I of Savoy
Madona with Child
Story of Aeneas and Dido
The family of Vittorio Amedeo di Savoia
Holy family with San Giovannino
The Sacra di San Michele
The thirst suffered by the first crusaders under Jerusalem
Table tureen
Rotisserie
Coffee cup
Kanjar (pug)
Japanese armor of the Do-Maru type
Parade plaque of Henry II of France
Corsaletto
Horse headboard
Portrait of a young girl
Self portrait
Male head
Naked young man next to an old oriental dress
Young man study
Pisces album
Fish album
Fish album
Bird album
Flower album

Story of Aeneas and Dido

Francesco De Mura

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Royal Museums Turin

Royal Museums Turin

Piazzetta Reale, 1, Turin

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The sketches, commissioned to Francesco De Mura, are models for the realization of a series of tapestries for the Sala degli Staffieri (Royal Palace, First Floor). Painted in Naples, the painter's hometown, they were sent to Turin in 1768. De Mura depicts The Stories of Aeneas and Dido recalling salient episodes from the first four books of the Aeneid. The mythological theme is offered here to a sentimental reading: from the epic story, the central moments of the Queen of Carthage's falling in love with the Trojan hero, ancestor of the Romans, are selected. The painted episodes are transferred to eight tapestries made between 1771 and 1888 by the Turin Royal Manufactory, founded by Carlo Emanuele III. Readable counterclockwise, the tapestries fit perfectly between the wooden decorations of the environment, four in the center of the walls and four covering the corners. These large-format textile products, worked on a loom, combine the decorative function with that of contributing to the thermal insulation of large and difficult to heat environments.
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Title: Story of Aeneas and Dido

Author: Francesco De Mura

Date: 1768

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Royal Museums Turin

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