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Dish (coppa): The story of Aeneas: Queen Dido of Carthage welcomes Aeneas and his son.
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Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian Castel Durante
Rights: Public Domain
Robert Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Robert Lehman Collection 1975
Title: Dish (coppa): The story of Aeneas: Queen Dido of Carthage welcomes Aeneas and his son.
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Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian Castel Durante.
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