# The Suicide of Dido, Queen of Carthage [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TACCA, Ferdinando]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Bronze, 23 x 12 x 10 cm \(without base\) ## Commentary The Suicide of Dido, Queen of Carthage c. 1640 Bronze, 23 x 12 x 10 cm \(without base\) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The figure's crown identifies the subject as Queen Dido of Carthage, stabbing herself with the \(missing\) sword of Aeneas after her abandonment by him. While the voluptuous physical type is clearly Rubensian, the sweeping movement and high pitch of drama indicate close acquaintance with the art of Bernini and the Roman Baroque. Other casts are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich. ## Related artworks - [Apollo and Daphne]() - [Apollo]() - [Bireno and Olimpia]() - [Christ Bearing the Cross]() - [Fontana del Bacchino \(detail\)]() - [Fontana del Bacchino]() - [Fontana del Bacchino]() - [Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar]() - [Infant angel with candelabra]() - [Infant angel with candelabra]() - [Putto Holding Shield to His Left]() - [Putto Holding Shield to His Right]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()