Peter Paul Rubens, 1640 - The Death of Dido - fine art print
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Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens
After piling a wooden effigy of her deceased husband in their matrimonial bed atop her own funeral pyre, Dido, the queen of Carthage, stabs herself with her lover Aeneas's sword. Virgil tells the story of her grief-stricken reaction to her abandonment by Aeneas, the hero of the Trojan war and future founder of Rome.
The artist emphasized Dido's ferocious passion through the curvaceous twist of her body; he accentuated the scene's gloom through use of somber colors. The burning torch at the upper right provides the only reference to the funeral pyre.
Peter Paul Rubens's prolific workshop produced over two thousand works of art. Rubens typically employed accomplished artists to paint in his style from sketches he supplied. The posthumous inventory of his goods lists a painting called the Death of Queen Dido, but scholars are uncertain whether it refers to this particular canvas.
Background data about the unique artwork
| Piece of art name: | "The Death of Dido" |
| Artwork categorization: | painting |
| General category: | classic art |
| Time: | 17th century |
| Created in: | 1640 |
| Approximate age of artwork: | over 380 years |
| Museum: | The J. Paul Getty Museum |
| Location of museum: | Los Angeles, California, United States of America |
| Website: | The J. Paul Getty Museum |
| Artwork license: | public domain |
| Courtesy of: | The J. Paul Getty Museum |
The artist
| Name of the artist: | Peter Paul Rubens |
| Also known as: | Rubens Pieter Paul, Petrus Paulus Rubbens, Pietro Pauolo, Rubenes, Bubens, rubens petrus paulus, Pieter Paulus Rubbens, Rubens Sir, Peter Paolo Rubens, Pedro Pablo Rubenes, Pet. Paul Rubens, Pierre-Paul Rubbens, Pedro Pablo de Rubenes, Paul Rubens, rubens p. p., Pierre Paul Rubens, רובנס פטר פאול, Rupens, Rubens Sir Peter Paul Flem., Rurens, Ruwens, P. Paulus Rubbens, Pietro Pauolo Rubens, Rubens, Ribbens, Petro Paul Rubens, Ubens Fiammingo, Rubens Peter Paul, רובנס פטר פול, Rubens Pietro Paolo, P. Rubens, Rubens Peeter Pauwel, Pietro Robino, Peter Paul Rubens, Pieter Paulo Rubbens, Petri Paulo Rubbens, Rubenso fiamengo, rrubes, Ruuenes Peter Paul, Rubens P. P., Pierre Rubens, pieter paul rubens, Rubeen, Rubins, P: P: Rubbens, Rubens Sir Peter Paul, Sir P. Paul Rubens, Chev. Pet. Paul. Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubbens, Pierre-Paul Rubens, P. Pauel Rubens, Ruvens, P.P. Rubens, Buddens, P. Rubbens, P.-P. Rubens, P. v. Rubens, Ruebens Peter Paul, P. Reuben, Rubens d'Anversa, Rubenns, Pierre Paul Rubbens, Pietro Paolo, Peter Poulo Ribbens, Ruebens, Rubens P.P., Rubens Pierre-Paul, P.P Rubens, P. Paulo Rubbens, petrus paul rubens, P. Paul Rubens, Petro Paulo Rubbens, Paolo Rubens, Pietro Paolo Rubens, Ruben, Ruvenes, Pieree Paul Rubens, Sir P. P. Rubens, Reubens, P.o Pablo Rubens, Rubens ou dans sa maniere, Rubben, Sir P.Paul Rubens, Rhubens, Pablo Rubes, Rubens Pietro Paolo, P. Ribbens, Pietropaolo Rubenz, Rubens ou sa manière, Rubenns Peter Paul, Paul Reubens, Rubbens, P.P. Rubeens, P.P. Rubbens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Ruben's, Sir P. Reuben, Sir P.P. Rubens, Reuben, P. P. Rubbens, Pedro Paulo Rubbens, Pietro Paulo Rubens, Petrus Paulus Rubens, P. Paolo Rubens, Rubens Peter Paul Sir, P. P. Rubens, Peter Paul Reubens, Ruben Peter Paul, Pietro Paolo Rubbens, Rubens Peter Paul, Rubens Pieter-Pauwel, Petro Paulo Rubes, Piere Paul Rubens, PP. Rubens, Rubin, Pietro Paolo Fumino, P. P. Reubens, Paulo Rubbens |
| Artist gender: | male |
| Artist nationality: | Dutch |
| Professions: | diplomat, painter |
| Country of origin: | the Netherlands |
| Artist category: | old master |
| Styles of the artist: | Baroque |
| Died at the age of: | 63 years |
| Born in the year: | 1577 |
| Born in (place): | Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Died in the year: | 1640 |
| Place of death: | Antwerp, Antwerpen province, Flanders, Belgium |
Structured article details
| Article type: | art reproduction |
| Reproduction method: | digital reproduction |
| Manufacturing method: | digital printing |
| Product Origin: | made in Germany |
| Stock type: | production on demand |
| Product use: | gallery wall, wall decoration |
| Orientation of the image: | portrait format |
| Image aspect ratio: | (length : width) 2 : 3 |
| Image ratio meaning: | the length is 33% shorter than the width |
| Material options: | canvas print, metal print (aluminium dibond), poster print (canvas paper), acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) |
| Canvas print (canvas on stretcher frame) options: | 20x30cm - 8x12", 40x60cm - 16x24", 60x90cm - 24x35", 80x120cm - 31x47", 100x150cm - 39x59" |
| Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating): | 20x30cm - 8x12", 40x60cm - 16x24", 60x90cm - 24x35", 80x120cm - 31x47", 100x150cm - 39x59" |
| Poster print (canvas paper) size variants: | 40x60cm - 16x24", 60x90cm - 24x35", 80x120cm - 31x47" |
| Aluminium dibond print (aluminium material) size variants: | 20x30cm - 8x12", 40x60cm - 16x24", 60x90cm - 24x35", 80x120cm - 31x47" |
| Picture frame: | not available |
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"The Death of Dido" was created by the artist Peter Paul Rubens in 1640. Nowadays, the work of art is in the the The J. Paul Getty Museum's digital art collection. This public domain work of art is being included, courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum.The creditline of the artwork is the following: . In addition to this, the alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with a ratio of 2 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% shorter than the width. Peter Paul Rubens was a diplomat, painter, whose style can mainly be assigned to Baroque. The Baroque artist was born in 1577 in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and passed away at the age of 63 in 1640.
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