Dido the Queen of Carthage by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Painting of a woman with curled blonde hair holding a dagger, wearing a fur-trimmed gold gown against a dark background.

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A half-length painting shows a woman with curled golden hair and a jeweled gold necklace, wearing a fur-trimmed mantle over an embroidered gold gown. She holds a dagger with a dark hilt against her chest, and the inscription reads DIDO REGINA with the date MDXLVII. The work is attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder and dated 1547.

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1547

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