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The figure's crown identifies the subject as Queen Dido of Carthage, stabbing herself with the (missing) sword of Aeneas after her abandonment by him. While the voluptuous physical type is clearly Rubensian, the sweeping movement and high pitch of drama indicate close acquaintance with the art of Bernini and the Roman Baroque.
Other casts are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich.
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