Nominally Aeneas and Dido, portrayed in the cave in which their lovemaking is described or alluded to in this passage from Aeneid Book IV:

Meantime, the gath'ring clouds obscure the skies:

From pole to pole the forky lightning flies;

The rattling thunders roll; and Juno pours

A wintry deluge down, and sounding show'rs.

The company, dispers'd, to converts ride,

And seek the homely cots, or mountain's hollow side.

The rapid rains, descending from the hills,

To rolling torrents raise the creeping rills.

The queen and prince, as love or fortune guides,

One common cavern in her bosom hides.

Then first the trembling earth the signal gave,

And flashing fires enlighten all the cave;

Hell from below, and Juno from above,

And howling nymphs, were conscious of their love.

From this ill-omen'd hour in time arose

Debate and death, and all succeeding woes.

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Agostino Carracci  (1557–1602)
	Description	Italian painter, engraver and drawer
	Date of birth/death	16 August 1557	22 March 1602
	Location of birth/death	Bologna	Parma
	Work location	Rome (1581); Venice (1582); Milan (1583); Cremona (1585); Rome (1594); Bologna (1595); Parma (1597); Bologna (1600); Bologna (1583–1584); Parma (1586–1587); Venice (1588–1589); Bologna (1589–1594); Rome (1597–1600); Parma (1600–1602)
	Authority file	: Q316269 VIAF: 61617497 ISNI: 0000000121357445 ULAN: 500115349 LCCN: n87839265 NLA: 36010226 WorldCat