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Queen Dido lays on a funeral pyre in the centre of the picture outside her palace, seen to the left. She is richly dressed but her breast is bare and she has a sword piercing her heart. She is able to pull herself up to respond to a grieving female figure to her right whose arms are outstretched in disbelief. Behind them are a group of courtiers showing a variety of expressions of grief; one points to the distant view of the harbour with departing ships.
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester
Date
1650–1666
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 107 x W 145 cm
Accession number
1981.307
Acquisition method
purchased, 1981
Work type
Painting
