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Painting by J. M. W. Turner
J. M. W. Turner, Dido building Carthage, or The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire , 1815 Dido building Carthage, or The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire
in London since 1856.
The subject is a classical landscape taken from
Sychaeus
, on the right side of the painting, on the other bank of the estuary, foreshadows the eventual doom of Carthage.
The painting measures 155.5 centimetres (61.2 in) by 230 centimetres (91 in) with the top half of the painting dominated by an intense yellow sunrise, symbolising the dawn of a new empire. The
George Beaumont, who complained that it was "painted in false taste, not true to nature" and did not reach the heights of Claude Lorrain's works. Turner exhibited a companion piece,
The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire , at the summer exhibition in 1817.
In the first draft of his first will in 1829, Turner stipulated that he should be buried in the canvas of Dido building Carthage , but changed his mind to make a donation of the painting and The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire to the National Gallery, on condition that his two paintings should always be hung either side of Claude Lorrain's Tate Gallery in the early 20th century, but
Dido building Carthage and
Sun rising through Vapour remain at the National Gallery, shown with the Claudes; a few other selected works by Turner, including
Rain, Steam and Speed and
The Fighting Temeraire
Claude's Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca , 1648
Turner's The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire , 1817
Turner's Sun Rising through Vapour, Fishermen Cleaning and Selling Fish , 1807
Turner's Crossing the Brook , 1815
See also References National Gallery JMW Turner, the English Claude , The Guardian , 8 March 2012J. M. W. Turner: The Making of a Modern Artist Academies, Museums, and Canons of Art Angel in the Sun: Turner's Vision of History Cultivating Picturacy: Visual Art And Verbal Interventions Turner biography , Turner Society
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Claude's The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648
Claude's Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca, 1648
Turner's The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire, 1817
Turner's Sun Rising through Vapour, Fishermen Cleaning and Selling Fish, 1807
Turner's Crossing the Brook, 1815
