Grand rivals: Turner versus the masters at Tate Britain
Seaport With the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba (1648) by Claude Lorrain, paired with the following picture, JMW Turner's Dido Building Carthage (1815)Photograph: The National GalleryDido Building Carthage (1815) by JMW TurnerPhotograph: The National GalleryA Rising Gale (1672) by Willem Van de Velde the Younger, paired with the next painting, Dutch Boats in a Gale (1801) by JMW TurnerPhotograph: Toledo Museum of Art
Dutch Boats in a Gale (1801) by JMW TurnerPhotograph: The National GalleryMoses Saved from the Waters (1639) by Claude Lorrain, paired with the following painting, JMW Turner's Crossing the Brook (1815)Photograph: Museo del Prado, MadridCrossing the Brook (1815) by JMW TurnerPhotograph: Tate BritainWinter – The Deluge (1660-4) by Nicolas Poussin, paired with the next picture, JMW Turner's The Deluge (1805)Photograph: Musée du Louvre, ParisThe Deluge (1805) by JMW TurnerPhotograph: Tate Britain
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