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Dido building Carthage
Real-world connection
No single real-world viewpoint
A Claudean capriccio of an imagined ancient Carthage.
- Date
- 1815-01-01
- Real-world link
- Real-world connection
Where the original is now
National Gallery
In the collection of National Gallery
On-view status is not live-verified — check the museum before visiting.
Sources
- The National Gallery, London — collection record for J. M. W. Turner, ‘Dido building Carthage; or the Rise of the Carthaginian Empire’, NG498; exhibited Royal Academy 1815, oil on canvas, 156 × 232 cm; Turner Bequest 1856, hung by his wish beside Claude (nationalgallery.org.uk)
- Martin Butlin & Evelyn Joll, ‘The Paintings of J. M. W. Turner’ (rev. ed., Yale University Press, 1984), no. 131
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