'Composition Study for 'Aeneas and the Sibyl, Lake Avernus'', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Composition Study for 'Aeneas and the Sibyl, Lake Avernus'

Date c.1798

Dimensionssupport: 542 x 380 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D02381

Turner Bequest LI N

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