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| Keywords: Léonard Limosin - Dido - Walters 44240.jpg Dido is represented as the full-face bust portrait of a woman staring with a vacant expression She wears a gold-brown tiara with a green cabochon translucent green enamel on foil Her dark blonde hair is parted and bound in a white falling veil Her garment consists of a gold-brown cuirass with a necklace of pearls rubies and emeralds and a jeweled pendant featuring a large red stone The jewel-like effect of these ornaments is produced by drops of white and translucent enamels on foils She wears a purple mantle draped over her right shoulder The staring formality and coldness of Dido suggest that as early as 1540 Léonard Limosin may have had knowledge of portraits painted by Agnolo Bronzino It could also reflect Dido's melancholy when Aeneas abondonned her A companion plaque of Dido's lover Aeneas the founder of Rome also belongs to the Walters collection Walters 44 239 ca 1540 Renaissance technique painted enamel copper cm 30 3 24 8 accession number 44 240 28312 Castle of Gaillon George Robinson Harding London date and mode of acquisition unknown William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Carthage l'histoire sa trace et son écho Musée du Petit Palais Genève 1995 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Léonard Limosin Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Dido Front view portrait paintings of females | ||||
