Dido abandoned by Aeneas

Queen Dido of Carthage sits enthroned at center while a small ship sails off in the distant background in the top left. A dark-skinned woman at left holds an ivory drinking vessel shaped like a tusk, and the light-skinned female figure at right wears an elephant headdress. A woman behind the throne holds a small parasol over the queen’s head.

Dido abandoned by Aeneas

Medium:
Fresco
Dimensions:
135.9 cm wide, 115.9 cm high
Context:
House of Meleager, atrium 2, north wall, central section, Pompeii
Date:
1st century CE
Inventory Number:
MANN 8898
Lender:
National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Credit:
Image © Photographic Archive, National Archaeological Museum of Naples