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SOLIMENA, Francesco
(b. 1657, Canale di Serino, d. 1747, Barra)

Dido Receiving Aeneas and Cupid Disguised as Ascanius

1720s
Oil on canvas, 207 x 310 cm
National Gallery, London

Henry Purcell (c. 1659-1695), the English composer and organist, composed an opera from the story of Dido and Aeneas.


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