Title: The suicide of Dido, Queen of Carthage
Object type: Statuette
Date: late 17th century
Artist:  Ferdinando Tacca 
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1619–1686 Florence
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Bronze, on later wood base
Dimensions: Overall with base (confirmed): 13 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (33 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm); overall without base (confirmed): 9 1/16 × 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (23 × 12.1 × 9.5 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Queens, term: Female Nudes