The Capture of Carthage
Oil on canvas • Venetian school • 411,5 x 376,9 cm • 1725–29 • The Met
This painting is from a series of ten magnificent canvases painted to decorate the main room of Ca’ Dolfin, a palace in Venice. The subject has been variously identified. It probably shows the capture of Carthage by Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus (known as Scipio Africanus the Younger) in 146 B.C., a momentous event that categorically ended the power of Carthage. The carnage was unspeakable and the city burned for seventeen days. The depiction of this event probably carried an allusion to the recent campaigns of the Venetians against the Turks in the Mediterranean, and in particular to the participation of Daniele Dolfin. Dramatically foreshortened figures underscore Tiepolo’s sense of theater. [The Met]
Marina Kanavaki 
It might as well be Kiev instead of Carthage.
The list is endless… do we ever learn?
These painters blow my mind…
I know right? Almost unbelievable!
Amazing
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Such a beautiful work of art, thank you dear Marina! ❤️🌸💖
Amazing, isn’t it?!
Thank YOU, dear Holly!!!!!
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Breathtaking! xoxoxo
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Wonderful painting.
I agree! I find it odd that he is considered a decorative painter!
Cheers to a double birthday celebration today, including this one that I did not know. Yamas!
Ah, thank you, Frank! Well one was yesterday [Tiepolo] but errands held me from posting it.
Yamas, my friend!