Mercury Ordering Aeneas to Abandon Dido (detail)Orazio Samacchini (Italian; 1532–1577)second half of
Mercury Ordering Aeneas to Abandon Dido (detail)Orazio Samacchini (Italian; 1532–1577)second half of the 16th centuryOil on canvasMusée du Louvre, Paris© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Thierry Ollivier -- source link
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