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A letter from Solimena: a patron and a date for his ‘Dido receiving Aeneas and Cupid disguised as Ascanius’ in the National Gallery
08/2015 | 1349 | 157
Pages: 542-545
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Author:
Favilla, Massimo (Favilla, Massimo)
Author:
Rugolo, Ruggero (Rugolo, Ruggero)
Subjects
artists:
Solimena, Francesco
dates:
1710-1719
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Grimani, Vincenzo, 1655-1710
subjects:
Italian painting / Collections, Public / Patronage / Correspondence / Dido / Aeneas / Cupid / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Dido receiving Aeneas and Cupid disguised as Ascanius, by Francesco Solimena. 1710 (National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
23. Portrait of Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani, by Vincenzo Coronelli. 1707 (Private collection)
Attributed works:
24. Self-Portrait, by Francesco Solimena. c.1730 (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence)
Attributed works:
25. Detail of Fig.22 showing Francesco Solimena's self-portrait