The Death of Dido | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R2644
People: Jean Baptiste Michel, British (1748 - 1804)
After Charles-Michel-Ange Challes, French (Paris 1718 - 1778 Paris)
Title: The Death of Dido
Other Titles: Original Language Title: La mort de Didon
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 18th century
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/248454

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Le Bl. 19

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R2644
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Werner Oechslin, "Le groupe des 'piranésiens' français (1740-1750): un renouveau artistique dans la culture romaine", Piranèse et les français, Edizioni dell'Elefante (Rome, 1978), pp. 363-94, p. 378 n. 78 (misnumbered as R2544)

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R2644: The Death of Dido