Dido and Aeneas (painting)

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Dido and Aeneas
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) - Dido and Aeneas - N00494 - National Gallery.jpg
Artist J. M. W. Turner
Year1814
Type Oil on canvas, history
Dimensions237.2 cm× 146 cm(93.4 in× 57 in)
Location Tate Britain, London

Dido and Aeneas is an 1814 history painting by the British painter J.M.W. Turner that portrays a scene inspired by the Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil. [1] Turner depicts a panoramic view of the city of Ancient Carthage with the lovers Dido and Aeneas in the bottom right.

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Although possibly started as early as 1805, Turner displayed the work in 1814 at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition at Somerset House. [2] The story of Aeneas was a favourite of Turner and he returned to It again near the end of his career at the 1850 Royal Academy Exhibition. [3]

Today the painting is in the collection of the Tate Britain,having been part of the Turner Bequest of 1856. [4]

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