Painting of a mounted Roman standard-bearer in red and gold leading a battle over a fallen body, with a walled city burning.

The Capture of Carthage

A mounted standard-bearer in red and gold armor rides a white horse at right, raising a golden banner topped with an eagle. In the foreground a nude or half-clad body lies across the ground while soldiers fight amid smoke and a fortified city. The loose, sketched brushwork and warm earth tones suggest a Venetian oil study of conquest.

Look closer: A bundle of spears lies in the lower right corner beside the horse's hooves.

Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Date: 1725–29
Medium: Oil on canvas
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 1612 × 1780 px

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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1729).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1965

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