Caption:
The Capture of Carthage, 1725–29, Oil on canvas, Irregular painted surface, 162 x 148 3/8 in. (411.5 x 376.9 cm), Paintings, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid), This painting is from a series of ten magnificent canvases painted to decorate the main room of Ca’ Dolfin, 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