The Death of Dido
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Francesco Allegrini
Artist bio: Italian, Cantiano (?) 1615/20–after 1679 Gubbio (?)
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1624–63
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink on mount
Dimensions: 3-11/16 x 5-5/16 in.  (9.4 x 13.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession year: 1880
Tags: Death|Human Figures