PrintsDutch17th-18th century

The Story of Dido and Aeneas

17th-18th century

Artists

Gérard de LairesseArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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