Les Troyens à Carthage. Acte III. Duo d'amour

Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904 · 1889

Dido sits on a marble bench and her right arm rests on the top of the marble wall that serves as a backrest. With her left hand she holds a fan. Aeneas, seen from behind and on his knees, has one hand on his breast and looks at her tenderly. A curtain of dark greenery serves as background to the scene. Above the trees, a corner of the sky and the moon are seen. On the right, a round temple, surrounded by columns, emerges where the foliage separates.